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Olivewings
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Olivewings

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 [pterobilin (biliverdin IXγ)] rather than iridescence (e.g., Morpho species).

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Obrinus Olivewing

speciesNessaea obrinus

Common Olivewing

speciesNessaea aglaura

Hewitson's Olivewing

speciesNessaea hewitsonii

Bates's Olivewing

speciesNessaea batesii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 148633.