Nessaea obrinus

Nessaea obrinus
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Nessaea
Species:	N. obrinus
Binomial name
	Nessaea obrinus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio obrinus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Papilio ancaeus Linnaeus, 1758; Nessaea obrinus latifascia Röber, 1928; Nessaea obrinus romani Bryk, 1953; Nessaea obrina;

Nessaea obrinus, the obrina olivewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Colombia and the Guianas to the mouth of the Amazon and south to central Bolivia and Mato Grosso in Brazil, extending to northern Argentina.^[2]

The length of the wings is 25–40 mm for males and 26–41 mm for females. Adults of subspecies obrinus are on wing in January and from July to November. Adults of subspecies faventia are on wing year round, but mainly from June to October and adults of subspecies lesoudieri are on wing year round, with no observed peak of abundance.

^ "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea" (PDF). ufl.edu.

[1] "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] "Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea" (PDF). ufl.edu.

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