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branching from Sc toward the costa in the forewing (Figure 2). The 
male genitalia (Figure 3) are very distinctive, with a pronounced 
basal swelling and ventro-medial spine on each valve. 
A. chrysopelea is the smallest member of the genus, and has the 
most strongly developed “tail” at hindwing vein M3. The dorsal 
ground color of the wings is very dark brown, the males being 
darker than the females. A 2-3 mm wide, white postmedian band 
crosses the forewing, similar to that of A. fatima but composed of 
only five fused postmedian spots, and extending only to Cu2. Each 
hindwing bears an oval to rhomboid median white macula. A round 
‘ocellus’ (eye-spot), consisting of black ringed with dull orange, is 
located in the anal angle of both fore- and hindwing, that of the 
forewing being slightly larger than that of the hindwing. The fine, 
dark, postbasal and submedian lines are present but obscured. Both 
wings have a series of dull orange submarginal lunules. 
The ventral ground color is lighter; the hindwing macula is infus- 
cated and crossed basally by a narrow stripe that extends from the 
costal margin to, and nearly surrounding, the ‘ocellus.’ The ventral 
forewing ‘ocelli’ are of the same relative size as they are dorsally. 
Occasional specimens have a suffusion of lavender scales postme- 
dially in the ventral hindwing. 
A. lytrea is somewhat larger than A. chrysopelea, with lighter 
brown ground color and less distinct markings. Dorsally, the white 
bands are slightly infuscated, with less sharply defined edges. Those 
of the hindwings are more elongate, and not as wide in the middle. 
The orange ring surrounding the ‘ocellus’ in the anal angle of the 
forewing is much wider in A. lytrea, and the hind wing ‘ocelli’ are far 
smaller than the forewing ‘ocelli.’ As in A. chrysopelea, there is a 
narrow row of submarginal orange lunules, more strongly curved in 
A. lytrea. The underside pattern is modified in a way similar to that 
of A. chrysopelea, but in the hindwing the orange ring does not 
quite surround the ‘ocellus.’ The “tail” at hindwing vein M3 is not as 
pronounced in A. lytrea as in A. chrysopelea. 
A. chrysopelea and A. lytrea have been called “Huebner’s Anar- 
tia” and “Godart’s Anartia,” respectively (Riley, 1975). 
Anartia jatrophae 
Anartia jatrophae (Linnaeus) 
jatrophae ([Linnaeus] in Johansson), 1763: 25 ( Papilio ). 
Type locality: “America”; Surinam (Munroe, 1942: 2). 
