wingspan :


Heliopetes laviana photographed near Quito by Emily Hjalmarson, David Torres and David Geale.


but these specimens seem to be Heliopetes laviana laviana, a subspecies that is said to fly from the United States to Venezuela ; they're different from Heliopetes laviana leca, a subspecies described from Venezuela, and from Heliopetes libra (or laviana libra ?) a similar looking species from Brasil ?


 

Heliopetes laviana al Norte de Quito
Heliopetes laviana al Norte de Quito
Heliopetes laviana a Puembo
Heliopetes laviana a Tababela
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