Boryzops purissima

Distinguished from other Boryzops by the specific arrangement of green and yellow scale patches beyond the outer line on a grey waved ground, combined with the broken black reniform outline and the distinctive hindwing pattern of pale brown with broad blackish margin. The combination of white forewing ground color with green and yellow accents is diagnostic within its range.

Wingspan approximately 68 mm. Forewings white with complex black, yellow-green, and grey markings. Basal costal black patch covers inner line; yellow-green scales below, black mark above inner margin with green scaling. Inner line narrow, single, black, bent inward below vein 1. Median line reduced to two grey costal marks. Orbicular spot a black dot; reniform brokenly outlined in black. Outer line thick, oblique costa to vein 5, with bar to outer margin. Beyond outer line: patches of green and yellow scales on grey strongly waved line continuing to costa. Terminal space with wavy brown shade and black line forming vein dentations. Hindwings pale brown with broad blackish marginal band, grey-powdered termen, and black line edged with white from near anal angle.

Southern United States (Florida, Texas), Mexico (Veracruz), Costa Rica, and Jamaica.

Adults active January, March–August, and October–December in Florida, indicating year-round activity with reduced presence in February and September.

• BoryzopsOther congeneric species share the genus-level wing pattern architecture but differ in specific details of maculation, particularly the arrangement and color of scale patches beyond the outer line.

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