Blepolenis
| Blepolenis | |
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| Blepolenis batea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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]
Species
[edit]- Blepolenis bassus (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Blepolenis batea (Hübner, [1821])
- Blepolenis catharinae (Stichel, 1902)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Blepolenis.
- ↑ Butterflies of America
- ↑ "Blepolenis Röber, 1906" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Carter, D. 1994.Butterflies from around the world. Teknologisk Forlag. ISBN 82-512-0438-0 (DK Handbooks: Butterflies and Moths)
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