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| Tingo Maria, Peru; 4/97 | Tingo Maria, Peru; 4/97 |
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| Calima Valley Colombia ssp pacificus | "N. Peru"; 2/95 transition form to ssp flavescens (true flavescens has white HW spots). |
A Transandean species found from Costa Rica south to Bolivia
in mountain valleys / forests. A few subspecies have been considered full
species by some (rhodostictus in particular.) I believe there is
clearly a cline that can be seen in long series from Costa Rica to Peru,
and that there is no good justification for singling out one or two forms
as full species based on clinal variation.
rhodostictus
- Costa Rica to Panama
pacificus
- West slopes of Andes from Colombia to Ecuador
nymphaeus
- Central valleys in Colombia
brises
- East slopes of Andes in Colombia
flavescens
- E Andes in Ecuador and N Peru
isodorus
- E Andes from central Peru to Bolivia