Male

 

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 datis f. cerquita cerca de Macas
Eresia datis f. cerquita cerca de 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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