|Rio Napo, 45 Mi NW of Iquitos, Peru Nov 1996||Rio Napo, 45 Mi NW of Iquitos, Peru Nov 1996 verso|
|Rondonia Brasil Aberrant??||Rio Motura 150 meters, Amapa Brasil Sept 1967 ssp bedoci|
Very rare but apparently much more widely distributed
than formerly thought. Described from, and for many years felt to be confined
to Ecuador, specimens have shown up in such disparate places as SW Brazil
(Jaru, SE Rondonia) and Guyana. The poorly known subspecies bedoci (
4 known specimens from south Guyana and N Amapa, Brazil) was described
as a subspecies of P zagreus, but clearly
belongs to neyi when one studies the banding on the wings (full
band in space 1b, large and distince FW marginal spots) and the unique
shape of the forewing (which is always more rounded then zagreus).
P neyi appears to be an insect of dense primary rain forest, spending much time in the canopy, and is by far the rarest of the zagreus group at this time. Most known specimens are from Ecuador and NE Peru.
The specimen shown was taken in Peru NW of Iquitos, where it is sympatric with P zagreus batesi. The female is undescribed due to its rarity.