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Upper Huallaga River Valley, Peru; 5/97 ssp chlorodamus | Upper Huallaga River Valley, Peru; 5/97 ssp chlorodamus verso |
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Rio Mayo, Peru; 2/95 ssp plinius | Rio Mayo, Peru; 2/95 verso surface ssp plinius |
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Pozuzo, Junin, Peru; ssp buchei | Pozuzo, Junin, Peru; verso surface ssp buchei |
N Yungas, Bolivia Feb 1980 ssp madyes recto | N Yungas, Bolivia Feb 1980 ssp madyes verso |
Pica de Salta, Argentina Dec 1997 900 meters ssp tucumanus | Pica de Salta, Argentina Dec 1997 900 meters; ssp tucumanus verso |
Transandean species found generally above 1000 meters
elevation. May be locally common near its host plant. Seven subspecies form a cline from Ecuador to Argentina
in the mountains, the nominate race in Bolivia.