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| El Refugio Ahuapachan, El Salvador; may 1998 (female ssp electryon) | El Refugio Ahuapachan, El Salvador; May 1998 (female ssp electryon dark form) |
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| El Refugio Ahuapachan, El Salvador; May 2002 female ssp electryon (beautiful form with extra red) | Guerrerro MX June 12 1955 sspbaroni dark form female |
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| La Esperanza, Oaxaca, Mexico ssp abderus female dark form | 40 km SE Cuernavaca Mexico; female dark form (ssp garamas/abderus transition ? ) |
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| La Esperanza, Oaxaca, Mexico June 1979 ssp abderus | La Esperanza, Oaxaca, Mexico June 1979 ssp abderus verso |
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| Filo de Caballo, Guerrerro, Mexico; April 12 1990 ssp. baroni | Heredia 1800 meters, Volcan Barva Costa Rica Jan 18 1983 ssp syedra |
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| Cuernavaca, MX; 6/70 (coll: Escalanti) male (ssp garamas) | Cuernavaca, MX; 6/70 (coll: Escalanti) ssp garamas underside |
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| Cuernavaca, MX; 6/70 (coll: Escalanti) female dark form ssp garamas | |
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| Tepotzlan, Morelos Sept 10 1977; female aberrant splendida | Atlixco, Puebla Mexico; male Aberrant splendida Coll:Diaz |
NE and NW coastal mountains of Mexico south through
Central America to Panama. Frequently common. Female is dimorphic, with
one form resembling the male and the other melanic (see above). P. garamas
garamas is classified by some as a full species with the other (Cloud
forest) subspecies belonging to P abderus (Hopfer, 1856.) This may
be correct, but as there is no clear sympatry involved, I have retained
all as differentiated subspecies of garamas. Several ssp described:
garamas
- Most of central Mexican plateau in mountains on both coasts. very common
abderus
- Cloud forests of E and S Mexico
baroni
- Cloud forests of SW Mexico local
electryon
- Cloud forests of SE Mexico (Chiapas) to El Salvador (shown)
syedra
- Cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama Local