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Porphyrogenes zohra (Möschler, 1879)
(Zohra Scarlet-eye)

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Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ [USNM].
Specimen courtesy of Smithsonian Institution   —   © Nick V. Grishin

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ [USNM].
Specimen courtesy of Smithsonian Institution   —   © Nick V. Grishin

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ [USNM].
Specimen courtesy of Smithsonian Institution   —   © Nick V. Grishin

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra specimen, TL: Venezuela, [BMNH]
"Not-type" photos by Bernard Hermier (such as this one!) follow W.H. Evans' identification, which may be incorrect and needs further study. Please don't rely on the identification of this specimen. Please report identification problems to us.
Male [BMNH]. Photo taken by Bernard Hermier. Any use of this image, except for personal study, requires prior written consent of the Natural History Museum, London.

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ VENEZUELA: Barinas: Rio Caparo Res. Station,
32 km E El Canton, black light, 3-5-II-1978, genitalia X-1673 [MGCL]

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ VENEZUELA: Barinas: Rio Caparo Res. Station,
32 km E El Canton, black light, 3-5-II-1978, genitalia X-1673 [MGCL]

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ wing venation and secondary sexual characters (CTA#8903), HONDURAS
see genitalia

Shown is ventral surfaceincluding modification of vein 2A and extent of speculum on ventral forewing (irregular line in CuA2-2A and analcell) and origins of veins on hindwing. Insert is of anterior portion of dorsal hindwing showing hair-like tufts. Image from: Austin, George T., and Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America. Insecta Mundi 0044: 1-56, 165 figs. (26 September 2008). p. 17, f. 124

 

Porphyrogenes zohra
PANAMA: PANAMA: 5 mi. N El Llano, 330m, 09??17'N, 79??00'W, 4-VI-1978 [USNM]

see genitalia

Porphyrogenes zohra
PANAMA: PANAMA: 5 mi. N El Llano, 330m, 09??17'N, 79??00'W, 4-VI-1978 [USNM]

see genitalia

Porphyrogenes zohra ♂ FRENCH GUIANA
Image from: Draudt, Max Wilhelm Karl 1921-24. B. Grypocera, breitköpfige Tagfalter. In: Seitz, A. (Ed)., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen. 5:953-992 (9 July 1923), pls. 160-191.
p. 872 (image not mentioned in the text!), pl. 170 row a


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