Philaethria diatonica described in Metamandana, as a subspecies of P. dido
Margarita Beltrán and Andrew V. Z. Brower
Introduction
The "Central American" Philaethria, ranging from southerm Mexico to Panama, and the only species present north of Panama. Larvae reported to feed on Passiflora vitifolia, P. edulis, P. ambigua, P. oerstedii and P. platyloba (Constantino & Salazar, 2010).Characteristics
The only Philaethria occurring from Costa Rica northward. Distinguished from sympatric P. dido in Panama by the brown inner postdiscal band and the white medial postdiscal band on the ventral hindwing (black and red, respectively in P. dido).References
Constantino, L. M. and J. A. Salazar. 2010. A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling speceis from Colombia and Venezuela. Zootaxa 2720: 1-27.
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| Scientific Name | Philaethria diatonica |
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| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
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| Collection | Gerardo Lamas |
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- First online 21 August 2007
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Beltrán, Margarita and Andrew V. Z. Brower. 2011. Philaethria diatonica described in Metamandana, as a subspecies of P. dido. Version 09 December 2011 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Philaethria_diatonica/72874/2011.12.09 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
