Mesosemia minos guaramiranga

Guaramiranga, CE, Brazil.

 

I just found this one is a new species for me.

 

As far as I know, this subspecies is endemic to the State of Ceará in Northeast Brazil. It was described in 2008.

 

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Riodinidae

Subfamily: Riodininae

Tribe: Mesosemiini

Subtribe: Mesosemiina

Genus: Mesosemia Hübner, 1819

Species: M. minos Hewitson, 1859

Subspecies: M. m. guaramiranga Jauffret, Jauffret & Pessoa, 2008

Trinomial name: Mesosemia minos guaramiranga

Done