Urticans is currently lumped with almost every other purple Avicularia into juruensis morphotype 2. M1 is most of the tan/yellow Avicularia.
I have never seen any juruensis M2 with blue like that. Looks similar to A variegata.. but the carapace looks like neither juruensis or variegata, and looks more like Avicularia avicularia..
Actually, is she freshly molted? Because juruensis M2 can get that "so purple it's blue" look to them for a while after molting.
Avicularia urticans is a junior synonym of juruensis, what Schmidt described is considered morphotype #2. This looks to be a variant of Avicularia avicularia IMO. But to easily eliminate species, all one has to do is measure the front and hind legs. Avicularia avicularia leg IV is 10% longer than leg I. With the other two species mentioned their legs are the same length.
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