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 ; f. cerquita is rather scarce.
we saw f. cerquita at Topo and near Palora and Macas.
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
