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Philaethria constantinoi Salazar 1991

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Philaethria

Introduction

The largest member of Philaethria, P. constantinoi is rare, and endemic to the Chocó region of northwestern Colombia.

Characteristics

P. constantinoi may be distinguished from other members of the genus by its larger size and more contrasting pattern elements on the ventral surfaces of the wings, particularly the orange medial areas of the postdiscal bands on the ventral surface.

References

Salazar Escobar, J.A. 1991. Descripción de una nueva especie de Philaethria Billberg, 1820 para el occidente de Colombia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae). SHILAP Revta. Lepid. 19: 273-279.

Constantino, L. M. and J. A. Salazar. 2010. A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling speceis from Colombia and Venezuela. Zootaxa 2720: 1-27.

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Scientific Name Philaethria constantinoi
Location COLOMBIA: Department of Valle, Rio Tatabro, Bajo Anchicayá, 100 m
Acknowledgements sent by photographer to AVZB 25 Aug. 2010 "You can use these images for other applications too such as the encyclopedia of life." (email 8/26/10)
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By Luis Constantino
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Type Holotype
Collector L. M. Constantino
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Scientific Name Philaethria constantinoi
Location COLOMBIA: Department of Valle, Rio Tatabro, Bajo Anchicayá, 100 m
Acknowledgements sent by photographer to AVZB 25 Aug. 2010 "You can use these images for other applications too such as the encyclopedia of life." (email 8/26/10)
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By Luis Constantino
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage adult
View ventral
Type Holotype
Collector L. M. Constantino
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2010
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