Similar Species
Similar species in the Southern Cloudywings range include the Northern Cloudywing and the Confused Cloudywing.
The Northern Cloudywing has brown palps, the white ring around the eye is not continuous, and males have a fore wing costal fold.
The Confused Cloudywing has grayish-white palps, lacks the white spot on the bend of the antennal club, and on the upper side of the fore wing the subapical spots are more loosely connected with the bottom spot quite offset.
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