Euptychia sophiae
Euptychia sophiae is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Brazil and in the neighbouring department of Loreto in north-eastern Peru. The habitat consists of submontane dense ombrophilous (very wet) forests.
| Euptychia sophiae | |
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| Male dorsal (left) and ventral (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptychia |
| Species: | E. sophiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Euptychia sophiae Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, 2015 | |
The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Thamara Zacca's niece, Laura Sophia.[1]
References
- Nakahara, Shinichi; Neild, Andrew; Zacca, Thamara; Lamas, Gerardo; Dolibaina, Diego; Dias, Fernando; Mielke, Olaf; Casagrande, Mirna; Fratello, Steven; Espeland, Marianne; Le Crom, Jean-François (1 December 2015). "Two new species of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 from the upper Amazon basin (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". ZooKeys (541): 87–108. doi:10.3897/zookeys.541.6297. PMC 4714380. PMID 26798283.
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