Nessaea hewitsonii
Species of butterfly
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Nessaea hewitsonii, the Hewitson's olivewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common in a broad range of the Amazon basin including the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range. It is found in high evergreen tropical forest, semi-deciduous tropical forest, and riverine forest.[2]
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| Hewitson's olivewing | |
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| upper side | |
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| underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Nessaea |
| Species: | N. hewitsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nessaea hewitsonii | |
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The length of the wings is 33–40 mm for males and 36–41 mm for females.[citation needed]
Subspecies
- Nessaea hewitsonii hewitsonii (from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru eastward into the Amazon valley, and south to Rondonia, Brazil)
- Nessaea hewitsonii boliviensis Jenkins, 1989 (Bolivia and southern Peru)
Gallery
A dead individual due to predation.
A captive specimen
