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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B976B455FFDCFFD33D98D5661C43FB19" bold="true" box="[151,303,1146,1172]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40">Description.</emphasis>
Male (
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). Forewing length of
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26.2 mm, material examined between 24 and
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(n=6). Wing ground color cream; forewing costa and distal margins reddish brown, discal area cream colored, triangular shaped, the distal side curving to the tornus, and the basal side forming a ragged edge extending distad of the discal cell to inner margin, with a small intrusion of reddish brown scaling into cell M3Cu1. Hindwing cream colored except for reddish brown base, three submarginal spots above and below M1 and in cell M1M2, with 2 fainter similar markings at tornus. Fringe dark brown on both wings. Ventral wing ground color cream with dorsal pattern appearing through; marginal spots on hind wings darker. Genitalia as in nominate subspecies. Palpi short, barely appearing in front of the face when viewed dorsally.
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Female (
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). Forewing length
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. Ground color dirty white; forewing margin dark brown curving to tornus, costa from middle of cell to base dark brown. Hindwing white with a black marginal line from apex to tornus, basad three small black spots on the apex and two at the tornus; basad of this a faint dark brown line; fringe variable dark brown and white. Ventral surface white, reflecting dorsal pattern. Palpi long, nearly 3 times that of male.
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.
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male with label: González Cota, Popoctépetl; Veracruz,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD3397AD797198DF928" box="[1141,1249,1675,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1983-06-15">15-VI-83</date>
MZFC-42365.
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:
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and
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. VERACRUZ: Santiago Tuxtla,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33ECFD7AF1941F940" box="[960,1069,1715,1741]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1975-07">VII-1975</date>
T. Escalante MZFC-3071; Dos Amates,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33C0ED7C71C01F978" box="[257,365,1755,1781]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1973-07">VII-1973</date>
T. Escalante MZFC-3072; El Vigía,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E25D7C71EA4F978" box="[810,968,1755,1781]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-16">16-VIII-1982</date>
L. González Cota MZFC-42366; same locality,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33C0CD61F1C0FF890" box="[259,355,1795,1821]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1969-04">IV-1969</date>
(CJC); Tapalapan, L. González Cota
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E47D61F1EB0F890" box="[840,988,1795,1821]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-07-20">20-VII-1982</date>
MZFC-42360;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD339AAD61F1858F890" box="[1189,1332,1795,1821]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-05">5-VIII-1982</date>
MZFC- 42364;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33DFBD6371CE8F8C8" box="[244,388,1835,1861]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-08">8-VIII-1982</date>
MZFC-42361;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33F48D6371F8AF8C8" box="[583,742,1835,1861]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-12">12-VIII-1982</date>
MZFC-42362;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33EAED6371956F8C8" box="[929,1082,1835,1861]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-14">14-VIII-1982</date>
MZFC-42363;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD339F0D63718F0F8C8" box="[1279,1436,1835,1861]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-08-25">25-VIII-1982</date>
MZFC-3074; females: Barranca de Cayoapa, Tejería,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E1AD64F1EE8F8E0" box="[789,900,1875,1901]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1981-05-06">6-V-1981</date>
Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña- Selva Mediana, 650 msnm, 12:09 H MZFC-3076; Teocelo, Tejería,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E3FD6671EF3F818" box="[816,927,1915,1941]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1978-05-06">6-V-1978</date>
J. Llorente MZFC-42376; Popoctépetl (3)
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33D98D6BF1C47F830" box="[151,299,1955,1981]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1982-07-27">27-VII-1982</date>
MZFC-3075; MZFC-42370, MZFC-42367,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E53D6BF1E14F830" box="[860,888,1955,1981]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1980-08-10">10</date>
-VIII-1980 MZFC-42368;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD339CAD6BF185EF830" box="[1221,1330,1955,1981]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1981-07">VII-1981</date>
MZFC- 42369, L. González Cota; Tapalapan L. González Cota
<date id="FFBC4E87FFDCFFD33E13D6D71EDCF868" box="[796,944,1995,2021]" pageId="7" pageNumber="40" value="1981-07-12">12-VII-1981</date>
MZFC-42373 L. González Cota; El Vigía
<date id="FFBC4E87FFD3FFDC3D98D1841C47FF3F" box="[151,299,152,178]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" value="1984-07-20">20-VII-1984</date>
MZFC-42371;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFD3FFDC3CEBD1841FEDFF3F" box="[484,641,152,178]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" value="1987-08-24">24-VIII-1987</date>
MZFC-4029 L. González Cota; OAXACA: Puerto Eligio, Santiago Comaltepec
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,
<date id="FFBC4E87FFD3FFDC3C85D1DC1F4BFF57" box="[394,551,192,218]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" value="1986-08-12">12-VIII-1986</date>
A. Luis-J. Llorente MZFC-3073; females: Chalchijapa, Santa María Chimalapa
<date id="FFBC4E87FFD3FFDC3DF5D1F41CEEFE8F" box="[250,386,232,258]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" value="1995-03-27">27-III-1995</date>
MZFC-42375;
<date id="FFBC4E87FFD3FFDC3F46D1F41FABFE8F" box="[585,711,232,258]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41" value="1995-05-31">31-V-1995</date>
MZFC-42374 J.L. Salinas-M.O. Vences, Bosque Tropical Perennifolio.
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The
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and
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are deposited in the MZFC.
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<emphasis id="B976B455FFD3FFDC3DC9D0431C3FFEF4" bold="true" box="[198,339,351,377]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name refers to the northern latitudes where this taxon is found, relative to the nominate subspecies.
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<emphasis id="B976B455FFD3FFDC3DC9D0B31C24FE44" bold="true" box="[198,328,431,457]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Males of
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are easily separated from the nominate subspecies in having a wide yellow triangular area on the forewing instead of a solid brown color with three white spots. The hindwing pattern differs in the less extensive light brown basal area. The female differs in having lighter, less extensive marginal markings.
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<emphasis id="B976B455FFD3FFDC3DC9D3531C97FDE4" bold="true" box="[198,507,591,617]" pageId="8" pageNumber="41">Distribution and Habits:</emphasis>
This subspecies is found from southern Oaxaca on the border with Chiapas to central Veracruz, in very humid areas with up to
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of precipitation (Chalchijapa, Tapalapan and Popoctépetl). It inhabits principally evergreen tropical forest from sea-level to
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, but records exist from cloud forests at
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and the transition between this and semi-evergreen forest at
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The nominate subspecies in
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occurs on the western Pacific slope from sea-level to
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. (
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), and reaches
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in Chiapas (El Aguacero, Ocozocuala, Bonampak, Chajul, in de la Maza, 1987). The habitat of
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S. n.
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in Chiapas is dry forest, which contrasts with the wet habitat of
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This taxon is rare, generally encountered in the best preserved areas of the habitat, and appears to be an endemic Mexican butterfly.
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The biology of the species is unkown, although
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recorded the nominate subspecies associated with ants and
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trees in Guanacaste,
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