Nessaea batesii

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Nessaea
Species: Nessaea batesii
Subspecies: N. b. batesii – N. b. magniplaga

Name

Nessaea batesii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)

Type locality: Brazil, Belém.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. Bates type 114.
Synonyms

Epicalia batesii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Nessaea batesii aestherica Fruhstorfer

Underside

References

Jenkins, D.W., 1989: Neotropical Nymphalidae. VII. Revision of Nessaea. 38 pp., ill. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 125: 1–38. Full article: [1].
Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Nessaea batesii, the Bates olivewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and the lower Amazon in Brazil.[2]

The length of the wings is 29–36 mm for males and 32–40 mm for females. The upperside of adult males is dark brown, with bright sky-blue diagonal bands on the forewings and orange patches on the hindwings. The females have plain brown hindwings, blue diagonal bands across the forewings, and elongated reddish spots within the discal cell of the forewings.[3]
Subspecies

Nessaea batesii batesii (Brazil (Pará))
Nessaea batesii magniplaga Röber, 1928 (Suriname)

References

"Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea
Butterflies of Amazonia - Nessaea batesii