Male

este macho viene del PN Sangay

Female

esta hembra viene del PN Sangay

 

wingspan :


Graphita griphe, Quijos valley, Yanayacu, Sumaco.


this modest butterfly benefited from the descriptors full attention, being given these successive names : Neonympha griphe, Euptychia vesta, Euptychoides vesta, Euptychoides griphe, Cissia ucumariensis, and today Graphita griphe ; five different Genuses !


in spite of this ongoing attention we were not able to find any work assesing wether the - visible - differences between the populations East and West of the Andes are constant or not ? and yes, they are (see new facts page).

Graphita griphe (hembra) en el valle del Quijos
Graphita griphe a Yanayacu
Graphita griphe a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe (hembra) a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe (hembra) a Yanayacu
Graphita griphe (hembra) a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe a WildSumaco
Graphita griphe (macho) cerca de Baeza

there are several constant differences between Graphita griphe populations East and West of the Andes.

the most obvious three are :

          - the ground colour,
          - on the HWUP presence of an eye-spot at the tornus, East of the Andes, always absent West of the Andes,
          - on the FWUN presence of dark markings in the lighter postdical band, East of the Andes, always absent West of the Andes.

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