Dasyophthalma vertebralis

Dasyophthalma vertebralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Dasyophthalma
Species:
D. vertebralis
Binomial name
Dasyophthalma vertebralis
Butler, 1869[1]

Dasyophthalma vertebralis is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil (Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo). The habitat consists of forests.[2]

The under surface as in Dasyophthalma creusa with three large red-brown, black-ringed median ocelli, placed in a light yellowish patch. Band of the forewing narrow, oblique, composed of spots. Under surface of the hindwing with 3 ocelli: the first in the middle of the costa, the 2nd distally to the cell, the 3rd in the posterior median cellule. Female larger, with broader wings and duller colouring, so that the striae of the under surface show through. The band of the forewing runs more steeply. [3]

References

  1. ^ Dasyophthalma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Penz, C.M., 2009: Phylogony of Dasyophthalma butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini). Insecta Mundi 0069: 1-12. Full article: [1] Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Morphidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..