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Urbanus teleus/tanna

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Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks for the info. The 2 species do look an awful lot alike, so I'll take your suggestion and list it as teleus/tanna.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Sorry, I cannot separate them from these shot. That does not mean that I can separate them in any case, they are quite tricky, some people just call it Urbanus teleus/tanna as a compromise.

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Bayucca, I just took 2 pictures and here's the other one on my site. http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/154...

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Or Urbanus tanna. Do you have a crispy-sharp shot of the last element of the long creamy stripe on the forewing. Sharp or not ;-)...
Just working links:
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Urbanu...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Urbanu...

Tom15
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Tom15

Mindo, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador

Spotted on Dec 1, 2013
Submitted on Jan 5, 2014

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