Batesia hypochlora
{{Short description|Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus}}
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| image = Batesia hypochlora.jpg
| image_caption = Batesia hypochlora. Dorsal view (left) and ventral view (right)
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| parent_authority = C. & R. Felder, 1862
| taxon = Batesia hypochlora
| authority = C. & R. Felder, 1862[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/batesia/index.html Batesia] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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- Batesia hemichrysa Salvin & Godman, 1868
- Batesia hypochlora chrysocantha Fruhstorfer, 1915
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Batesia is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae. It contains only Batesia hypochlora, the painted beauty or also known as the pastel papillion.
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Description
Batesia hypochlora can reach a wingspan of 85–95 mm.[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?lang=es&ref=424 Parque Nacional Sangay] The upperside of the wings is blue, with a submarginal band of the same color surrounding the outer margin of the hindwings. On the forewings there is a large pink patch.[https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof421868lond#page/147/mode/1up The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1868)]{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090604211037/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Batesia%20hypochlora.htm Butterflies of Amazonia]}}
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Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil
Category:Lepidoptera of Ecuador
Category:Nymphalidae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
Category:Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder
Category:Butterflies described in 1862
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