Utetheisa ornatrix

DISTRIBUTION: Americas.
TYPE LOCALITY: 'North America'
BELIZE RECORDS: Augustine; Maya Beach.
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION: by comparison with specimens in my collection from throughout tropical America. Unlikely to be confused with any other species.
NOTES: this species exists throughout its range in four different subspecies, differing mostly in the ground-colour of fore- and hind-wings. The subspecies illustrated here is ssp. ornatrix Linnaeus. It is possible that some of the other forms may be present in Belize.

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