Myscelia orsis

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];

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

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[]

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

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[funet-1] Myscelia orsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[drury-2] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 22. pl. XVI.

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