Pyrrhogyra amphiro H. W. Bates 1865

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Containing group: Pyrrhogyra

Introduction

This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and the Guianas. It has been conflated with the very similar P. neaerea in the past, but Neild (1996) considers it distinct, based on larger size and more pointed forewings.

Other Names for Pyrrhogyra amphiro H. W. Bates 1865

Pyrrhogyra amphiro agilis Brévignon 1995 currently viewed as a subspecies
Pyrrhogyra amphiro juani Staudinger 1886 currently viewed as a subspecies
Pyrrogyra nearea f. daguana Bargmann 1929 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym of P. amphiro juani
Pyrrhogyra typhoeus C. Felder & R. Felder 1867 currently viewed as a subspecies

References

Lamas, G., Ed. (2004) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville, Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Neild, A.F.E. (1996) The Butterflies of Venezuela. Part I: Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae), Meridian Publications, Greenwich, U. K.

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Pyrrhogyra amphiro
Location	COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca, Villavicencio, Bosque Bavaria
Comments	Bosque Bavaria- Villaviciencio, Meta, Colombia 8/16/2010--70024
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Identified By	Kim Garwood
Life Cycle Stage	adult
View	ventral
Source	Pyrrhogyra amphiro
Source Collection	Flickr
Copyright	© 2010 Mike Chapman

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