wingspan : male 44, female 50 mm
this female, collected at Pablo Sexto, and the males from Palora to Mendez, are Pyrrhopyge phidias rusca , which is known so far only from Zamora Chinchipe Province; it's been confirmed by the barcoding results.
but DNA sequencing still holds a few surprises ! in a pair of Pyrrhopyge phidias, collected at Palora, both male and femle key out, not at "rusca", but between "bixae" and "hyperici", two amazonian ssp ! it does not make much sense !
this pair is figured on the first row on the individual variations page, and, in copula, on the in situ pictures.
