Oleria onega

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Oleria onega
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oleria
Species:
O. onega
Binomial name
Oleria onega
(Hewitson, 1852) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Ithomia onega Hewitson, 1851

Oleria onega, the Onega clearwing or Onega glasswing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Colombia to southern Peru. [2]

The wingspan is about 52 millimetres (2.05 in). [3]

The larvae feed on Solanum species. The young larvae are transparent and consume their egg shell before beginning to feed on the host plant. After each moult the caterpillar consumes its shed skin. Full-grown larvae are grey, with a yellow line along the length of the body on each side.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oleria Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. Parque Nacional Sangay