Male

Female

 

wingspan : 50 mm


we collected a few Astraptes chiriquensis on the Eastern limits of Sangay NP.


they look rather like A. ch. meretrix, but with visible differences ; it is not impossible that some of the individual variations, or some of the live pictures, would represent different species.

Astraptes chiriquensis cerca de Pablo Sexto

all these Astraptes chiriquensis males come from San Isidro.