Male

Female

 

wingspan : male 34/41, female 48 mm


these specimens from la Bonita look quite like those flying in the upper Pastaza valley  https://www.sangay.eu/en/fiche-papillon/005-Acraeidae/_/_/003-Altinote/055-desmiala/_.


but, between these two similar looking populations, from Papallacta to Cosanga flies another very distinctive form (next page),


Altinote hilaris desmiala or Altinote desmiala ? see : https://www.loja-zamora.eu/en/fiche-papillon/005-Acraeidae/_/_/003-Altinote/055-desmiala/_


and   https://www.andean-butterflies-mapping-the-phenotypes.eu/acraeidae/altinote-hilaris/

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