A REMARKABLE ELEVATIONAL RECORD OF METHONA CONFUSA BUTLER, 1873 (NYMPHALIDAE) IN A HIGH MONTANE AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN PERU

摘要

Methona confusa has been recorded across its geographic range from low elevations up to around 2,000 m, being rare above 1,500 m. We report herein a new elevational record of M. confuse above 3,500 m, the highest ever reported for ithomiines, from upper montane area of Megantoni National Sanctuary and Mann National Park, located on the eastern slopes of the Andes of southern Peru.