Male

 

wingspan : 45/48 mm


Pyrrhopygopsis socrates, 20 km South of Tena, Loreto road, Yasuni.


as obvious on the bottom pictures the Apuya specimens are clearly blue when those from the Loreto road are absolutely green ;


hence the first ones should be ssp crates, and the second ones ssp orasus, which does not make sense - so we prefer to forget about Pyrrhopygopsis socrates subspecies.


the seventh bottom picture comes from Apuye, and this P. socrates is more green than blue.

Pyrrhopygopsis socrates en el camino de Apuya
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates al río Chaluayacu
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates al río Pinguillo
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates en el camino de Apuya
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates al río Pinguillo
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates en el camino de Apuya
Pyrrhopygopsis socrates en el camino de Apuya
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