Oenomaus moseri

Oenomaus moseri
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oenomaus
Species: O. moseri
Binomial name
Oenomaus moseri
Robbins & Faynel, 2012

Oenomaus moseri is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It occurs in lowland and lower montane forest in southern Brazil.[1]

The length of the forewings is 16.1 mm for males and 15.7 mm for females.

Etymology

The species is named for Alfred Moser, who lives in Rio Grande do Sul and has made prodigious contributions to the knowledge of Lepidoptera from southern Brazil, including co-authoring papers on the taxonomy of Oenomaus and Porthecla.

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