Cissia eous, locally known as the brown butterfly (Brazilian Portuguese: borboleta marrom), is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1867. It is found in the countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cissia eous being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Paryphthimoides poltys
- Cissia phronius
- Moneuptychia soter
- Nhambikuara cerradensis
- Yphthimoides celmis
- Malaveria affinis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Cissia
- Species
- Cissia eous
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