Male

Female

 

wingspan : male 43/45, female 46 mm


large skipper seen at rio Shankaime, 900 m, and, later, farther South.


Bernard Hermier identified it as Astraptes anaphus; but there are two ssp, and both fly in Ecuador.


these specimens look more like A. a. anaphus, but, at the BM(NH) all A. anaphus from Ecuador - but one - are identified as A. a. annetta (BH pers. com.) ?

Astraptes anaphus a San Isidro
Astraptes anaphus al río Shankaime, 900 m
Astraptes anaphus al río Tutamangosa, 1000 m
Astraptes anaphus al río Tutamangosa, 1000 m
Astraptes anaphus a San Isidro
Astraptes anaphus a San Isidro
Astraptes anaphus a San Isidro
plano cerrado cerca de Méndez
Astraptes anaphus cerca de Méndez
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