Myscelia orsis

Myscelia orsis is a species of nymphalid butterflies native to Brazil.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.

Myscelia orsis
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Myscelia
Species:
M. orsis
Binomial name
Myscelia orsis
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Papilio orsis Drury, 1782
  • Papilio oisis Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio blandina Fabricius, 1793
  • Sagaritis orseis Hübner, [1821]

Description

Upperside: Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very dark changeable blue; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, with several other small ones on other parts.

Underside: Palpi very small, hairy, and white. Thorax, legs and abdomen white. Wings pale red brown, having a shade of darker colour running along their external edges, and on the anterior ones are placed two faint-coloured streaks, running from the external edges towards the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings angulated and dentated. Wingspan 57 mm (2.2 in).[2]

References
  1. Myscelia orsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 22. pl. XVI.


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