Male

 

wingspan : 38 mm


an Andean butterfly like all Lymanopoda, L. nivea, which lives only in Ecuador, flies from Northern Ecuador down to, at least, the Southern limits of Sangay NP.


at 3000 meters between Atillo and Zuñac we collected L. nivea sororcula, then at Runtun, 3000 m.

L. nivea sororcula en la ruta Patate-Vizcaya
L. nivea sororcula al Oeste de Atillo, 3000 m
Lymanopoda nivea al río Ashilan
Lymanopoda nivea al río Ashilan
Lymanopoda nivea al río Ashilan
Lymanopoda nivea al río Ashilan
Lymanopoda nivea al río Ashilan
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