Memphis titan romeroi from Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

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by  Pyrcz, T W

26 PYRCZ: Memphis titan in Venezuela TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA
TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, 4(1): 26 NOTE
MEMPHIS TITAN ROMEROI
FROM VENEZUELA
(LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE)
Fig. 1-4. 1. Memphis titan romeroi, male, recto. 2. Same, male, verso. 3. Memphis titan romeroi, female, recto. 4. Same, female, verso.
Memphis titan C. & R. Felder was described from Bogota, Colombia. The populations in the Cordillera de la Costa, in Venezuela, have been
The typical subspecies is known from numerous provinces in Colombia: described recently as Memphis titan romeroi Descimon (1988), and this
Caldas, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Antioquia, Vaupes, and from Ecuador: subspecies is here again illustrated.
Rio Pastaza and Rio Topo. Anaea titan peralta Hall is the Central Am-
erican subspecies, known from Panama (Chiriqui) and Costa Rica TOMASZ W. PYRCZ
(Coronado, Cachi, Las Alturas). Dembowskiego 23 m 6, PL-02784 Warsaw, Poland