Magneuptychia nebulosa

Magneuptychia nebulosa is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Venezuela, where it has been recorded only from the slope of the Serranía del Litoral in the Venezuelan Coastal Range. Records from Colombia and Panama are probably based on misidentifications.

Magneuptychia nebulosa
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Magneuptychia
Species:
M. nebulosa
Binomial name
Magneuptychia nebulosa
(Butler, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euptychia nebulosa Butler, 1867

The length of the forewings is 19.6–21.5 mm for males and 19.6–21 mm for females. The forewing ground color is brown with the submarginal band dark brown, undulating and extending from the apex towards the tornus, delimiting a slightly darker area. The marginal band is dark brown and extends from the apex towards the tornus. The fringe is grayish brown. The hindwing color is brown with the submarginal band dark brown, undulating and extending from the apex the towards tornus. It is convex in each cell. The marginal band is dark brown and extends from the apex towards the tornus. The postmarginal and tornal areas are pale ocher and the fringe is grayish brown.[2]

References
  1. "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Shinichi Nakahara, Mario Alejandro Marín & Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver, 2015: Taxonomic status and redescription of Magneuptychia nebulosa (Butler, 1867) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) with a lectotype designation. ZooKeys, 503: 135-147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.503.9156


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