Baeotus aeilus
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| Baeotus aeilus | |
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| File:Baeotus aeilus MHNT dos.jpg | |
| Dorsal view - MHNT | |
| File:Baeotus aeilus MHNT ventre.jpg | |
| Ventral view - same specimen | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Baeotus |
| Species: | B. aeilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Baeotus aeilus | |
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Baeotus aeilus, the Amazon beauty, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
The wingspan is about 75 mm.[2] Adults are sexually dimorphic.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]This species was formerly known as Baeotus amazonicus.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Baeotus aeilus.
- ^ "Baeotus Hemming, 1939" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
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