Blepolenis
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| Blepolenis | |
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| Blepolenis batea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Blepolenis Julius Röber, 1906 |
Blepolenis is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Morphinae.[1][2]
They are large, brown butterflies with broad, rounded wings. The upperside is dark brown with a large, brownish-orange field at the base of each wing. The hindwing is grayish-brown, finely patterned (horizontally) with two large eyespots on each hindwing. The underside of the forewing has a broad, light field in the middle.[3]
