DISTRIBUTION:

Enyo bathus otiosus (Wing span: mm) flies in
Bolivia: "La Paz: Murillo, La Paz, 1000m; Río Zongo, 750m; Río Songo [Zongo], 750m, 4 males; "Charaplaya", 16°S 65°W, 1300m." Haxaire. This species is rare.

The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

Enyo is chosen as the genus name either for 1) the Greek goddess of war and waster of cities, who is sometimes depicted as the daughter of Ares, but also as his mother or his sister, or for 2) one of the Graeae, the three 'old women' identified with Bellona in Rome.

In Greek "bathus" means deep. The subspecies name "otiosus" means hidden. I suspect this species may long have been thought to be the nominate species or is just very rare or seldom seen, unnoticed.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Enyo bathus otiosus probably has two to three broods annually. Specimens are only recorded in Bolivia for July, but I suspect it flies in other months.

Only by examination of genitalia can this subspecies be distinguished from the nominate subspecies.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in subterranean chambers.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Both males and females nectar at flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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