Biology:Blepolenis

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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

  • Blepolenis bassus (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
  • Blepolenis batea (Hübner, [1821])
  • Blepolenis catharinae (Stichel, 1902)

References

  1. Butterflies of America
  2. "Blepolenis Röber, 1906" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Carter, D. 1994.Butterflies from around the world. Teknologisk Forlag. ISBN 82-512-0438-0 (DK Handbooks: Butterflies and Moths)

Wikidata ☰ Q6796292 entry