Batesia is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae. It contains only Batesia hypochlora, the painted beauty.
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| Batesia hypochlora. Dorsal view (left) and ventral view (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Ageroniini |
| Genus: | Batesia C. & R. Felder, 1862 |
| Species: | B. hypochlora
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| Binomial name | |
| Batesia hypochlora C. & R. Felder, 1862[1]
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Subspecies edit
Distribution edit
This species is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
Description edit
Batesia hypochlora can reach a wingspan of 85–95 mm.[2] The upperside of the wings is blue, with a submarginal band of the same color surrounding the outer margin of the hindwings. On the forewings there is a large pink patch.[3] The underside of the hindwings is yellow, varying in tone from pale cream to deep saffron depending on locality.[4]
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Batesia hypochlora.
Wikispecies has information related to Batesia hypochlora.
- ^ Batesia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1868)
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
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