Euptychia sophiae

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Euptychia sophiae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptychia
Species:
E. sophiae
Binomial name
Euptychia sophiae
Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, 2015

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.

The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Thamara Zacca's niece, Laura Sophia. [1]

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References

  1. 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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.