Dynamine gisella

Dynamine gisella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Dynamine
Species:
D. gisella
Binomial name
Dynamine gisella
Hewitson, 1857

Dynamine gisella, commonly known as the Gisella sailor, is a small, strikingly colorful species of brush-footed butterfly native to South America. First described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1857, this insect belongs to the genus Dynamine, a group celebrated for the metallic, radiant coloration of its male specimens.

References

  1. ↑ Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Dynamine gisella, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes