Utetheisa ornatrix
DISTRIBUTION: Americas.
TYPE LOCALITY: 'North America'
NICARAGUA RECORDS: Domitila (M.J.C.B.).
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 Nicaragua.
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