Oenomaus moseri
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| Female | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oenomaus |
| Species: | O. moseri
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| Binomial name | |
| Oenomaus moseri Robbins & Faynel, 2012
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Oenomaus moseri is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. 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[edit]
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.
References[edit]
- ^ Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (222): 11–45. Bibcode:2012ZooK..222...11F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.
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