Selenophanes josephus

Selenophanes josephus
	As excultus Stichel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Selenophanes
Species:	S. josephus
Binomial name
	Selenophanes josephus; (Godman and Salvin,1881

Selenophanes josephus is a Neotropical species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1881. It is found in Panama, Guatemala, Ecuador and Colombia.

Description

Selenophanes josephus is a butterfly with a concave outer edge on its forewings. The upperside of the wings is brown with, on the forewings, a scalloped yellow band extending from the outer third of the costal margin to the inner angle. The hindwings are brown with a dark mark near the cell at the base of e6.The underside is pearly beige marbled with gold with ocelli, a small brown at the apex of the forewings and on the hindwings a large yellow near the costal margin and one close to the anal angle.^[2]

References

^ "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Brassolidae. 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..

[1] "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Brassolidae. 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..

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