Nessaea hewitsonii

Hewitson's olivewing
	upper side
	underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Nessaea
Species:	N. hewitsonii
Binomial name
	Nessaea hewitsonii; (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Synonyms
	Epicalia hewitsonii C. & R. Felder, 1859; Nessaea hewitsoni;

Nessaea hewitsonii, the Hewitson's olivewing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common in a broad range of the Amazon basin including the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range. It is found in high evergreen tropical forest, semi-deciduous tropical forest, and riverine forest.^[2]

The length of the wings is 33–40 mm for males and 36–41 mm for females.

Subspecies[edit]

Nessaea hewitsonii hewitsonii (from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru eastward into the Amazon valley, and south to Rondonia, Brazil)
Nessaea hewitsonii boliviensis Jenkins, 1989 (Bolivia and southern Peru)

References[edit]

^ "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea

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[1] "Nessaea Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Neotropical Nymphalidae VII. Revision of Nessaea

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