Philaethria dido

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 : 4

Key to species of the Philaethria dido complex

1. VHW inner postdiscal band black ................................................................................................................................ 2

- VHW inner postdiscal band brown............................................................................................................................... 4

2. VHW submarginal cellular spots well developed......................................................................................................... 3

- VHW submarginal cellular spots diffuse and continuous............................................................................................. 5

3. VHW medial postdiscal band red; VHW submarginal band red without white; VHW discal area with silver reflec- tion ( Figs.2–5 ) .......................................................................................................................................................... dido

- VHW medial postdiscal band orange; FW postmedial area very reduced; FW medial cell bar orange ( Figs. 8–9 ); Chocó. W. Colombia................................................................................................................................... constantinoi

4. VHW inner submarginal band black; outer submarginal band brown; postcellular spots small; VFW anal cell bar brown ( Fig. 7 ); Mexico to Panama.................................................................................................................. diatonica

- VHW inner postdiscal band terra-cotte ........................................................................................................................ 6

5. VHW medial postdiscal band white as wide as the inner postdiscal band ( Fig. 10 ); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil................. ........................................................................................................................................................................ wernickei

- VHW medial postdiscal band white very narrow ( Fig. 11–12 ) ..................................................................... pygmalion

6. VHW medial postdiscal band white; HW postcellular spots very large; FW postmedial green area large, forewing leght very large; Santa Marta, Rancho Grande, C. Merida ( Figs.13–17 ) ............................................................ neildi

- VHW medial postdiscal band gray; Montane, E. Andes; Venezuela to Bolivia...................................................... 7

7. VHW outer submarginal band black; inner postdiscal band brown ( Fig. 22,23 ) ................................................. ostara

- VHW outer submarginal band brown; inner postdiscal band black ( Fig.18 ) ....................................................... andrei

8. VHW cellular spots very large...................................................................................................................................... 9

- VHW inner and outer submarginal bands brown; marginal cellular spot brown; ( Figs.26–27 ).......................... browni

9. VHW inner postdiscal band brown very narrow; DHW with row of 8 marginal green spots on dorsum, FW postme- dial green area large ( Fig. 28 ) ............................................................................................................................ romeroi

Figures

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.

FIGURES 12 - 21. 12. P. pygmalion metaensis, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. Rio Ariari, Meta, Colombia. 13. P. neildi neildi, sp. nov., 3 Holotype. Barinas, Venezuela. 14. P. neildi neildi, sp. nov., Ƥ Allotype. Barinas, Venezuela. 15. P. neildi winhardi, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. Sierra Nevada de Sta Marta, Colombia. 16. P. neildi tachiraensis, ssp. nov. Holotype. 3 N. Tamá, Tachira, Venezuela. 17. P. neildi tachiraensis, ssp. nov. Allotype. Ƥ San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela. 18. P. andrei andrei, holotype 3 Carapa, Macouria. Fr. Guiana. 19. P. andrei andrei, allotype Ƥ Carapa, Macouria, Fr. Guiana. 20. P. andrei orinocensis, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. Delta Amacuro, Rio Orinoco, Venezuela. 21. P. ostara araguensis, ssp. nov., Ƥ Allotype. Catica, Aragua, Venezuela.

FIGURES 22 - 29. 22. P. ostara araguensis, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. Choroni, Aragua, Venezuela, 23. P. ostara meridensis, ssp. nov., 3 Holotype. El Cacao, Barinas, Venezuela, 24. P. ostara ostara Chinapintza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. 25. P. ostara ostara, Tingo Maria, Huanuco, Peru. 26. P. browni, sp. nov., 3 Holotype. Barinas, Venezuela. 27. P. browni, sp. nov., Ƥ Allotype. Barinas, Venezuela. 28. P. romeroi, sp. nov., 3 Holotype. Rancho Grande, Aragua, Venezuela. 29. P. romeroi, sp. nov., 3 Paratype. Rancho Grande, Aragua, Venezuela.