Myscelia orsis

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Myscelia orsis
File:Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Nymphalis Orsis.jpg
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
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M. orsis
Binomial name
Myscelia orsis
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Papilio orsis Drury, 1782
  • Papilio oisis Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio blandina Fabricius, 1793
  • Sagaritis orseis Hübner, [1821]

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Myscelia orsis is a species of nymphalid butterflies native to Brazil.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.

Description

Upper Side. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very dark changeable blue; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, with several other small ones on other parts.

Under Side. Palpi very small, hairy, and white. Thorax, legs and abdomen white. Wings pale red-brown, having a shade of darker colour running along their external edges, and on the anterior ones are placed two faint-coloured streaks, running from the external edges towards the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings angulated and dentated. Wing-span 57 mm (2.2 in).[2]

References

  1. Myscelia orsis, at funet.fi
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