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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 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.