Oenomaus myrteana is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It occurs in lowland wet forest from eastern Ecuador to western Brazil (Rondônia).[1]
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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. myrteana
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| Binomial name | |
| Oenomaus myrteana Busby, Robbins & Faynel, 2012
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The length of the forewings is 12.8 mm for males and 12.1 mm for females.
Etymology edit
The name of the species refers to the striking resemblance between the ventral hindwing of this species and that of Enos myrtea.
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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