Male

Female

 

wingspan : male 50/55 mm, female 55/60 mm


Eresia datis (formerly Eresia moesta) flies from Colombia to Peru (d’Abrera 1987) ; this butterfly is a Nymphalid which looks like some Ithomiids.


this species has many different and sympatric forms.


we found this form, near f. mirabilis, at Pablo Sexto.

Eresia datis f. mirabilis. al río Palora
Eresia datis f. mirabilis, con E. d. f. tìpica al río Palora

Eresia moesta is a retiring undergrowth denizen, and a highly variable species in Sangay NP.

f. datis
entre f. datis y f. heliconiformis
entre f. datis y f. fassli
f. fassli
f. heliconiformis
f. cerquita
f. ildica
f. nov
f. nov
f. nov near mirabilis
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