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Forbestra olivencia

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Olivencia tigerwing
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Forbestra
Species:
F. olivencia
Binomial name
Forbestra olivencia
(Bates, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mechanitis olivencia Bates, 1862
  • Mechanitis huallaga Staudinger, [1884]
  • Mechanitis huallaga ab. jurimaguensis Staudinger, 1885

Forbestra olivencia, the Olivencia tigerwing,[2] is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador.

Subspecies

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  • F. o. olivencia (Brazil: Amazonas, Peru)
  • F. o. juntana (Haensch, 1903) (Ecuador)
  • F. o. oiticicai (d'Almeida, 1951) (Brazil: Pará)
  • F. o. aeneola Fox, 1967 (Peru)
  • F. o. truncata (Butler, 1867) (Brazil: Amazonas)

References

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  1. ^ Forbestra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Olivencia Tigerwing, Learn about Butterflies