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Porphyrogenes speciosus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
(Speciosus Scarlet-eye)

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Porphyrogenes speciosus ♂ HOLOTYPE, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas:
San Luis Monteverde, Buen Amigo, 27-IV-1995


Porphyrogenes speciosus ♂ HOLOTYPE, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas:
San Luis Monteverde, Buen Amigo, 27-IV-1995


Porphyrogenes speciosus ♂ HOLOTYPE wing venation and secondary sexual characters (CTA#13985), COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: San Luis Monteverde, Buen Amigo, 27-IV-1995

Shown is ventral surfaceincluding modification of vein 2A and extent of speculum on ventral forewing (irregular line in CuA2-2A and analcell) and origins of veins on hindwing. Insert is of anterior portion of dorsal hindwing showing hair-like tufts. Image from: Austin, George T., and Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America. Insecta Mundi 0044: 1-56, 165 figs. (26 September 2008). p. 29, f. 133, spelled as "speciosa" in image caption (apparent lapsus calami)

 


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