Oenomaus atena

Oenomaus atena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oenomaus
Species: O. atena
Binomial name
Oenomaus atena
(Hewitson, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Thecla atena Hewitson, 1867

Oenomaus atena is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is widely distributed in lowland in Costa Rica, Panama, western Ecuador, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. Most species with an atena-like ventral wing pattern have historically been identified as O. atena, which means that virtually all literature records for this species from before 2005 are unreliable.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)


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