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Mexican Tiger-moth

Apantesis proxima

Plate XV — Mexican Tiger-moth is Fig. 4
Plate XV — Mexican Tiger-moth is Fig. 4

Form autholea Boisduval, Plate XVI, Fig. 32, male.

From the varietal form autholea figured in the plate proxima may be discriminated by the fact that the latter has the hind wings marked with dark brown or black spots on the margins. The species occurs in southern California, Arizona, Mexico, and Central America.