Symmachia pardalis Hewitson, 1867

Leite, Luis Anderson Ribeiro, Fernando, Mielke, Hendrik & Martins, Mirna, 2012, An annotated list of Symmachia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Symmachiini) from Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil, with the description of a new species, Insecta Mundi 2012 (249), pp. 1-11 : 6

Symmachia pardalis Hewitson, 1867

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Three individuals were collected while they were competing for territory near a dead tree located on the hilltop about six meters above the ground at 15:00h. All individuals presented the behavior of landing on the trunk of this tree with open wings, as recorded by Brévignon and Gallard (1998), Gallard (2008) and mentioned by Hall and Willmott (2007).

Figures

Figures 5-38. Symmachia species collected at PNSD (dorsal and ventral view for each species). 5-6) S. divisora sp. nov., Paratype. 7-8) S. probetor. 9-10) S. estellina. 11-12) S. falcistriga falcistriga. 13-14) S. leena punctata. 15-16) S. calliste. 17-18) S. pardalis. 19-20) S. accusatrix. 21-22) S. threissa seducta. 23-24) S. hetaerina hetaerina (Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil). 25-26) S. hetaerina hesione. 27-28) S. hetaerina hesione, female (Senador Guiomard, Acre, Brazil). 29-30) S. miron miron. 31-32) S. emeralda. 33-34) S. calligrapha. 35-36) S. elinas. 37-38) S. tricolor. Scale line: 1cm.