''Forbestra olivencia'', the Olivencia tigerwing,
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butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

, and

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Subspecies

*''F. o. olivencia'' (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru) *''F. o. juntana'' (Haensch, 1903) (Ecuador) *''F. o. oiticicai'' (d'Almeida, 1951) (Brazil: Pará) *''F. o. aeneola'' Fox, 1967 (Peru) *''F. o. truncata'' (Butler, 1867) (Brazil: Amazonas) File:Forbestra olivencia dorsal.jpg, ''F. o. olivencia'', dorsal view File:Forbestra olivencia ventral.jpg, ''F. o. olivencia'', ventral view

References

Butterflies described in 1862 Ithomiini Arthropods of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Henry Walter Bates {{Danainae-stub