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Adelpha fessonia
Photo take in my backyard common in the area all year long about 7cm.Upperside is dark brown with an orange forewing apex. White median band across both wings reaches the forewing leading edge.
Forest edges and trails near streams. Panama north through Central America to Mexico. A periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
Pavon female is one of the few Doxocopa without a tail, but looking at the place where the tail should be you see 2 gray stripes = Pavon.
It is not an Adelpha but a Doxocopa sp. but they look very similar. This is the female (!) Doxocopa pavon. Pavon shows significant sexual dimorphism:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/848...
Thanks Karen
I m no much of a insect guy but the Project awake me to get a Macro and star look for small species my backyard is a jungle.
Spotted on Jan 22, 2012
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012
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