wingspan : 44 mm
in his book d'Abrera (1987) presents the holotype of "Altinote desmiala" and states:"no other specimens known", but there are quite a few more
we collected some at Machay, Tungurahua, 1700 to 2000 m, and at Vizcaya, Tungurahua, 3000 m, and at Runtun, 2500 m
the debate is on : Altinote desmiala or Altinote hilaris desmiala ?
see : https://www.loja-zamora.eu/en/fiche-papillon/005-Acraeidae/_/_/003-Altinote/055-desmiala/_
and https://www.andean-butterflies-mapping-the-phenotypes.eu/acraeidae/altinote-hilaris/
a highly variable species
