Myscelia orsis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Myscelia |
Species: | M. orsis
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Binomial name | |
Myscelia orsis (Drury, 1782)
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Myscelia orsis is a species of nymphalid butterflies native to Brazil.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.
Description
Upperside: Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very dark changeable blue; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, with several other small ones on other parts.
Underside: Palpi very small, hairy, and white. Thorax, legs and abdomen white. Wings pale red brown, having a shade of darker colour running along their external edges, and on the anterior ones are placed two faint-coloured streaks, running from the external edges towards the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings angulated and dentated. Wingspan 57 mm (2.2 in).[2]
References
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- ^ Myscelia orsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 22. pl. XVI.