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| Satipo Peru ssp. chrysomelas | |
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| Color abberation Junin, Peru, May 1998 Specimen Ianni Butterflies "clarius" | same verso |
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| Villavalencia, Colombia ssp bacchus | Rio Topo, Tungarahua, Ecuador form balsazaar |
A montane species sometimes treated as a variety
of Papilio zagreus, it ranges from N Bolivia
through the Colombian Andes, where the nominate race was described. Rare
in the North, the southern population, ssp. chrysomelas, is locally
common. Females are rarely seen. It is a rather good mimic of the distasteful/toxic
Heliconius
numata splendida, affording it some protection against predators.