Pyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville, 1831 (Fig. 2A)

Pyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville, 1831: 34 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — French Guiana, male, MNHN, Paris [not examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 17 specimens (Fig. 2 A) .

French Guiana • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Kaw, route de Kaw; 1.VIII.1998; A. Faille leg.; MNHN • 3 adults; Kaw, Piste de Kaw, PK 35.5; 22.VI.-14. VII.1989; G. Chauvet leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; Kourou, Piste changement, PK 7; 9.VII.1991; L. Sénécaux leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; Saint- Elie, Savane roche sur le Haut Koursibo; 4°18’58”N, 53°17’10”W; 2.XI.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; Saül, Piste de Bélizon, PK 24; 7.VIII.1991; L. Sénécaux leg; MNHN • 1 ♂; same local- ity; 1991; P. Bleuzen leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; Saül, sentier Belvédère; 20.XII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; Montsinéry-Tonnégrande, Montagne des Chevaux, Montagne Yéyé, RN2 PK22; 100 m a.s.l.; 4°44’34.3”N, 52°25’53.51”W; 18.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 21.XII.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 31.XII.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 11.I.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 22.III.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 3.I.2015; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 24.I.2015; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR .

DISTRIBUTION. — Mexico to Nicaragua, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia and Ecuador (Steinmann 1986).

REMARKS

Already cited from French Guiana (Hebard 1920; Brindle 1968b).

Several subspecies exist. The subspecies to which the collected material belongs has not been identified yet. It is a common species in French Guiana.