Coenonympha vaucheri
| Coenonympha vaucheri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Coenonympha |
| Species: | C. vaucheri |
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| Coenonympha vaucheri | |
Coenonympha vaucheri, or Vaucher's heath, is a butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae and is endemic to Morocco.[2]
Description
The top side of the butterfly is ochre-yellow with a deep black distal edge with the forewing bearing a huge apical ocellus without a pupil. This gives the butterfly the appearance of having large eyes to ward off predators. It's hindwing has between four or five black spots lined up in a straight row. Underneath the wings the apical ocellus is pupiled, these may increase in number (ab. geminipuncta Blach). The base of the hindwing is a blackish olive-colour with a white highlight, the end portion of the wing is a dirty white colour and has six equally large pupiled ocelli.
References
- ^ Blachier, 1905 Lépidoptères du Maroc - Remarque sur diverses espèces et descriptions de variétés nouvelles Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 77 (2) : 209-222
- ^ "Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms