Oenomaus melleus

Oenomaus melleus is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in wet lowland forests in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

Oenomaus melleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Oenomaus
Species:
O. melleus
Binomial name
Oenomaus melleus
(Druce, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Thecla melleus Druce, 1907
  • Oenomaus melleus guyanensis Faynel, 2008

References
  1. Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)


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