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Two male Z syene. Bolivia (recto & verso)
Three female & one male Z ellops. Costa Rica
Pair of Z isidora. Brazil

Two female forms of Z itys.Peru
Pair of Z callidryas. Mexico. Not perfect but rare in collections.

Odds are most of your determinations are wrong! (Mine were) Turns out that it is a fairly fun genus. Take a look here -

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Da ... axinae.pdf

John

Thanks for that. Think I got one right.. Z syene !!
Taxonomical fun. Guess most museum specimens have been incorrectly identified too.
I have quite a few older specimens males & females with no proper data save the country of origin. Almost all are more battered than the ones in the pictures I have posted.
I find the genus(s) aesthetically very pleasingl.

daveuk wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:49 pm Thanks for that. Think I got one right.. Z syene !!
Taxonomical fun. Guess most museum specimens have been incorrectly identified too.
I have quite a few older specimens males & females with no proper data save the country of origin. Almost all are more battered than the ones in the pictures I have posted.
I find the genus(s) aesthetically very pleasingl.

I would indeed guess that most museums have not yet caught up with this (outside of Brazil and the Smithsonian at least).

I have fairly limited experience in the field with this group. Perhaps 10 Zaretis from Belize in 21 trips (just 2 species - ellops and crawfordhilli)! And the Fantos (love this new genus name) - exactly two of them from the efforts (both F. callidryas). Every last one of these bugs came from bait traps - I have never seen them "just flying around".

John

Jshuey wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 2:55 pm Odds are most of your determinations are wrong! (Mine were) Turns out that it is a fairly fun genus. Take a look here -

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Da ... axinae.pdf

John

Thanks John. That's an awesome read. I'm enthralled with the new understandings presented by modern DNA.