Euptychia sophiae
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| Euptychia sophiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptychia |
| Species: | E. sophiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Euptychia sophiae Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, 2015
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Euptychia sophiae is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Brazil and in the neighbouring department of Loreto in north-eastern Peru. The habitat consists of submontane dense ombrophilous (very wet) forests.
The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Thamara Zacca's niece, Laura Sophia.[1]
References
- ^ Nakahara, Shinichi; Neild, Andrew; Zacca, Thamara; Lamas, Gerardo; Dolibaina, Diego; Dias, Fernando; Mielke, Olaf; Casagrande, Mirna; Fratello, Steven; Espeland, Marianne; Le Crom, Jean-François (1 December 2015). "Two new species of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 from the upper Amazon basin (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". ZooKeys (541): 87–108. Bibcode:2015ZooK..541...87N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.541.6297. PMC 4714380. PMID 26798283.
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