A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling species from Colombia and Venezuela
Author
Constantino, Luis Miguel
Author
Salazar, Julian A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2720
1
27
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199882
efb4281f-a3cb-44f7-857e-75432dce8562
1175-5326
199882
Philaethria dido chocoensis
Constantino, 1999
(
Fig. 3
)
Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. Caldas. 2: 57–68
Type
locality.
Rio Tatabro,
200 m
, Anchicayá, Valle,
Colombia
(Chocó biogeographic region).
Type
: (
CFC):
Holotype
male:
illustrated in
Constantino, L. M. 1999
: 61. fig. 9, 10;
Constantino & Salazar, 2007
: 354, figs. 27, 28.
Diagnosis.
Forewing length
50–52 mm
.
Philaethria dido chocoenis
is recognized by the red inner postdiscal band on the ventral surface of the hindwing. The forewing anal cell bar is black. The submarginal band is completely filled with red without white. The medial postdiscal band is reddish with white. The postcellular spot 6, 5, 4 between veins 1A-Cu2, Cu2-Cu1 and Cu1-M3 much larger than in
P. dido dido
.
Haploid chromosome number:
n=88 (voucher specimen fig.4) from W.
Colombia
(Valle, rio Anchicayá)
Distribution and habitat.
P. dido chocoensis
occurs from sea level to
500 m
in association with rain forest habitats throughout the west slope of Cordillera Occidental on the pacific slope from
Colombia
to western
Ecuador
in the Choco biogeographic region. Also in the Magdalena valley in Central
Colombia
. The adults fly along river edges and open areas where they visit wet sand and flowers.
P. dido chocoensis
flies sympatrically with
P. constantinoi
in western
Colombia
and
Ecuador
(Pacific slope).
Host plant.
Passiflora vitifolia
(Constantino, 1998)
. Immature stages (fig. 42 e,f) like
P. dido dido
.
Material examined.
COLOMBIA
:
VALLE
: Rio Tatabro, Bajo Anhicayá river, pacific coast,
100 m
, L.M. Constantino
leg
. (CFC), Cordoba, Rio Dagua,
50 m
, E. Constantino
leg
. (CFC), Llano Bajo, Bajo Rio Anchicayá,
50 m
, L.M. Constantino
leg.
(CFC), Bellavista, Hidroelectrica del Bajo Anchicayá,
400 m
, C.A. Saldarriaga
leg.
(CFC). ANTIOQUIA: Rio Porce,
400 m
, L.M. Constantino
leg.
(CFC), Rio Cocorná,
400 m
, G. Rodriguez
leg
. (GR). RISARALDA: Santa Cecilia, Rio San Juan,
400 m
, J.A. Salazar
leg
. (
MHNUC
).
ECUADOR
:
ESMERALDAS: km 18 San Lorenzo-
Lita
rd.,
100 m
, K. Willmott
leg.
(
KWJH
)