wingspan : 37 mm
Ithomiola floralis is an Amazonian butterfly ; there would be three subspecies :
- in the Guyanas and the Amazon basin, Ithomiola floralis floralis, characterized by a red rim on the HW,
- on the lower slopes of the Andes,
. at low elevations, from the SE of Colombia to Northern Peru, Ithomiola floralis cascella, characterized by a variable orange patch on the FW apex,
. at slightly higher elevations, and from Panama to Bolivia, Ithomiola floralis celtilla, only black, sometimes with an orange rim on both FW and HW.
but, in Sangay NP, in a 20 km radius around Puyo we found the three "subspecies".
however, in the South, we just saw one ssp celtilla female at Cumbaratza ; this female shows a strong orange rim on both wings, when Roger Rittmaster took a picture of a male without any orange 10 km South of Cumbaratza.
