Cosmosoma achemon

Distribution: South America and Greater Antilles.
Type locality: unknown to me.
Synonyms: Euchromia tyrrhene Hubner 1827; Cosmosoma voltumna Druce 1897..
Source of record: I.O.J. collection; M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: identified specimens in the Gowdey collection, I.O.J. Illustrated by Hubner (1827) 3; 23, figs. 483 & 484.
Notes: this species is sexually dimorphic, the male having a red-orange patch on the forewings which the female lacks.

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