Male

 

wingspan :


Pyrrhopyge hygieia, now Chalypyge zereda (thanks to Ernst Brockmann).


between 1500 and 1800 meters in the upper Pastaza and rio Paute valleys.


we do not see much difference between rufipectus and zepha, that are supposed to be the subspecies flying, one in Northern Ecuador, the second one in the South.

Chalypyge zereda al río Paute, 1800 m
Chalypyge zereda a el Corral (Río Negro), 1500 m
Chalypyge zereda a el Corral (Río Negro), 1500 m
Chalypyge zereda a el Corral (Río Negro), 1500 m
Chalypyge zereda a la Colonia Azuaya
Chalypyge zereda a el Corral (Río Negro)
Chalypyge zereda a el Corral (Río Negro)
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