Lesmone formularis




Distribution: tropical and subtropical America.
Type locality: Brazil.
Synonyms: Bendis impar Guenee 1852; Bendis fusifascia Walker 1858; Ephyrodes postica Walker 1865; Zethes umbrata Walker 1865.
E. Caribbean records: Montserrat; Nevis; Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Barbados; Grenada.
Grenadines records: Bequia, Quatre, Mustique, Canouan, Mayero, Union, Palm, Frigate, Petite Martinique (E.U. Exp., No's 34 (female) & 66 (male)).
Method of identification: my specimens kindly identified by Bernard Lalanne-Cassou, Paris. Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles Lepidoptera by Zagatti, Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny.
Notes: this species is sexually dimorphic, as illustrated.


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