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H. Zweifel
Diataphis amabile
May 6, 195318
3 mi WSW Fairfax, Marin Co, Calif.
1976 H. Zweifel
Mid-ventral color - between Muted Orange and
Cadmium Orange
Sub-caudal color - Scarlet
Dorsal color - Darky Green-Blue
The ventral color covers the first row of dorsal
scale and there is a spot of orange at
the top of each scale of the second row.
The black spotting on the center is very
sparse, there being a marginal row of
spots along the tips of the ventrals and
only about 25 small spots throughout
all the rest of the ventral area. The orange
of the pyge lobe is not sharply edged
above.
SV 262 mm