Male

 

wingspan :  48/50 mm


Pedaliodes phaedra, South of Saraguro, Cerro Toledo.


these specimens look definitely like those of the Center of Sangay NP, and not like those of the South of the NP.


in Northern Ecuador, white forms are bright white, and yellow forms a pale yellow,
when in the South of the country white forms are a pale yelluw and yellow forms turn to yellow-orange.


in this area, from North of Loja to South of Yangana white forms are uncommon.

Pedaliodes phaedra al Cerro Toledo
Pedaliodes phaedra al Cerro Toledo
Pedaliodes phaedra al Cerro Toledo
Pedaliodes phaedra al Cerro Toledo
Pedaliodes phaedra al Cerro Toledo
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