Flamingo Leafwing

Fountainea ryphea

Fountainea ryphea is a leafwing butterfly in the Fountainea genus.
Anaea ryphea/Fountainea ryphea, Heesch, Netherlands Specimen, originally from Peru. Here we're looking at the "leafwing" side of the wings, which mimics a leaf. The truly spectacular feature of this butterfly is the inside of the wings: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3321139166 I was hoping to photograph the inside of the wings on the specimen but totally screwed it up. The wings were stuck together and crumbled like a dry leaf. Europe,Fountainea ryphea,Heesch,Netherlands,Specimen,World,the Netherlands

Naming

Synonym: Anaea ryphea.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusFountainea
SpeciesFountainea ryphea
Photographed in
Netherlands