Philaethria dido chocoensis Constantino, 1999

Constantino, Luis Miguel & Salazar, Julian A., 2010, A review of the Philaethria dido species complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) and description of three new sibling species from Colombia and Venezuela, Zootaxa 2720, pp. 1-27 : 7

Philaethria dido chocoensis Constantino, 1999

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Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. Caldas. 2: 57–68

Type locality. Rio Tatabro, 200 m, Anchicayá, Valle, Colombia (Chocó biogeographic region). Type: (CFC): Holotype male: illustrated in Constantino, L. M. 1999: 61. fig. 9, 10; Constantino & Salazar, 2007: 354, figs. 27, 28.

Diagnosis. Forewing length 50–52 mm. Philaethria dido chocoenis is recognized by the red inner postdiscal band on the ventral surface of the hindwing. The forewing anal cell bar is black. The submarginal band is completely filled with red without white. The medial postdiscal band is reddish with white. The postcellular spot 6, 5, 4 between veins 1A-Cu2, Cu2-Cu1 and Cu1-M3 much larger than in P. dido dido .

Haploid chromosome number: n=88 (voucher specimen fig.4) from W. Colombia (Valle, rio Anchicayá)

Distribution and habitat. P. dido chocoensis occurs from sea level to 500 m in association with rain forest habitats throughout the west slope of Cordillera Occidental on the pacific slope from Colombia to western Ecuador in the Choco biogeographic region. Also in the Magdalena valley in Central Colombia. The adults fly along river edges and open areas where they visit wet sand and flowers. P. dido chocoensis flies sympatrically with P. constantinoi in western Colombia and Ecuador (Pacific slope).

Host plant. Passiflora vitifolia (Constantino, 1998) . Immature stages (fig. 42 e,f) like P. dido dido .

Material examined. COLOMBIA: VALLE: Rio Tatabro, Bajo Anhicayá river, pacific coast, 100 m, L.M. Constantino leg. (CFC), Cordoba, Rio Dagua, 50 m, E. Constantino leg. (CFC), Llano Bajo, Bajo Rio Anchicayá, 50 m, L.M. Constantino leg. (CFC), Bellavista, Hidroelectrica del Bajo Anchicayá, 400 m, C.A. Saldarriaga leg. (CFC). ANTIOQUIA: Rio Porce, 400 m, L.M. Constantino leg. (CFC), Rio Cocorná, 400 m, G. Rodriguez leg. (GR). RISARALDA: Santa Cecilia, Rio San Juan, 400 m, J.A. Salazar leg. ( MHNUC). ECUADOR: ESMERALDAS: km 18 San Lorenzo- Lita rd., 100 m, K. Willmott leg. ( KWJH)

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FIGURES 2 - 11. 2. P. dido dido 3 Rio Amazonas, Colombia, 3. P. dido chocoensis 3 Rio Anchicayá, W. Colombia, 4. P. dido dido 3 Bajo Rio Caura, Bolivar, Venezuela, 5. P. dido panamensis, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. Pácora, Chiriquí, Panama, 6. P. diatonica 3 ACG Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 7. P. diatonica Ƥ Metates, Oaxaca, Mexico, 8. P. constantinoi 3 Chocó, W. Colombia, 9. P. constantinoi Ƥ Chocó, W. Colombia, 10. P. wernickei 3 S ao Paulo, Brazil, 11. P. pygmalion pygmalion 3 Araracuara, Amazonas, Colombia.