Opoptera arsippe is a Neotropical species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1874)Hopffer, C.H.1874 Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und BoliviaStettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371 It is endemic to Peru.
Description The oblique band of the forewing dark ochreous and posteriorly strongly angled, otherwise smooth, distally somewhat broken. There are three small white spots in the apical area the middle one placed somewhat distally; a fourth appears as a small crescent or curved streak at the distal boundary of the eye-spot, which shows through from beneath. In the female the distal border of the hindwing is of a somewhat lighter tone than in the male. Near the costal margin in the apical area there is in addition an isolated ochre-yellow spot; the tail-like point at the lower median vein darker brown. Length of the forewing male 40—41, female 42 mm.Fruhstorfer, H., 1913. Family: Brassolidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen .
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