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Nessaea
''Nessaea'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. Unlike virtually all other butterflies with blue coloration, the blue colors in this genus are due to pigmentation terobilin (biliverdin IXγ)ref>Doug Taron"It's all in the structure" ''Gossamer Tapestry'', Retrieved January 25, 2017 rather than iridescence (e.g., '' Morpho'' species). Species Accepted species: *'' Nessaea aglaura'' Doubleday 848/small> – common olivewing, northern nessaea or Aglaura olivewing *'' Nessaea ecuadorensis'' Talbot 1932 *'' Nessaea batesii'' C. & R. Felder 1860 – Bates olivewing *'' Nessaea magniplaga'' Röber 1928 *'' Nessaea hewitsonii'' C. & R. Felder 1859 – Hewitson's olivewing *'' Nessaea obrinus'' Linnaeus 1758 – obrina olivewing *'' Nessaea faventia'' Fruhstorfer 1910 *'' Nessaea latifascia'' Röber 1928 *'' Nessaea romani'' Bryk 1953 *'' Nessaea regina'' Salvin 1869 *'' Nessaea thalia'' Bargmann 1928 Unaccepted species: *'' Nessaea margaretha'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nessaea Batesii
''Nessaea'' is a genus of Nymphalidae, nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. Unlike virtually all other butterflies with blue coloration, the blue colors in this genus are due to pigmentation [pterobilin (biliverdin IXγ)]Doug Taron"It's all in the structure" ''Gossamer Tapestry'', Retrieved January 25, 2017 rather than iridescence (e.g., ''Morpho (genus), Morpho'' species). Species Accepted species: *''Nessaea aglaura'' Edward Doubleday, Doubleday [1848] – common olivewing, northern nessaea or Aglaura olivewing *''Nessaea ecuadorensis'' Talbot 1932 *''Nessaea batesii'' Baron Cajetan von Felder, C. & Rudolf Felder, R. Felder 1860 – Bates olivewing *''Nessaea magniplaga'' Julius Röber, Röber 1928 *''Nessaea hewitsonii'' Baron Cajetan von Felder, C. & Rudolf Felder, R. Felder 1859 – Hewitson's olivewing *''Nessaea obrinus'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 – obrina olivewing *''Nessaea faventia'' Hans Fruhstorfer, Fruhstorfer 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |