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. ildica is seldom encountered.
we saw f. ildica at Topo, San Isidro and near Pablo Sexto.
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
