Nessaea
| Nessaea | |
|---|---|
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| Nessaea batesii from French Guyana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Nessaea Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Papilio ancaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Epicallia Erichson, 1848 (non Hübner, [1820]: preoccupied) | |
Nessaea is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. Unlike virtually all other butterflies with blue coloration, the blue colors in this genus are due to pigmentation [pterobilin (biliverdin IXγ)][1] rather than iridescence (e.g., Morpho species).
Species
- Nessaea aglaura (Doubleday, [1848]) – common olivewing, northern nessaea or Aglaura olivewing
- Nessaea batesii (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Bates olivewing
- Nessaea hewitsonii (Felder & Felder, 1859) – Hewitson's olivewing
- Nessaea obrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – obrina olivewing
Images
Nessaea aglaura
Nessaea batesii males
Nessaea obrinus female - upperside
Nessaea obrinus male - upperside
Nessaea obrinus - underside
References
Vane-Wright, R.I. 1979. The coloration, identification and phylogeny of Nessaea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 38: 27–56.
- ↑ Doug Taron, "It's all in the structure", Gossamer Tapestry, Retrieved January 25, 2017
External links
- Images representing Nessaea at Encyclopedia of Life
- "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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