Eudocima srivijayana Bänziger 1885

Borth, Robert J. & Kons, Hugo L., 2022, Mitochondrial genetics of Ophiderini, with a new species from the Eudocima phalonia species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae), Zootaxa 5148 (1), pp. 1-151 : 19

Eudocima srivijayana Bänziger 1885

( Figs 12 : E–H, 20: G, 25: T, 31: O, 95: E–F)

Eudocima srivijayana has longer spines projecting from the apex of the valvae and shorter juxta projections relative to E. cajeta and E. talboti ( Zilli et al. 2017) . Zilli et al. (2017) reported E. srivijayana from peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They reported no known zone of sympatry between the three species in the E. cajeta group.

As we have not dissected any of our material, all of our determinations are tentative and hypothesized based upon geographic distribution. Among five sequenced specimens there are two haplotype clades separated by 14 consistent differences ( Fig. 85 ). Both haplotypes occur sympatrically on Bach Ma Mountain at the biogeographical border between northern and southern Vietnam. Unfortunately, there is only one specimen of each haplotype where they are sympatric, and they belong to different genders .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Eudocima cajeta group adults (dorsal aspect).

FIGURE 85. Strict consensus tree from a parsimony analysis of Calpinae COI 5’ mtDNA sequences (part): Eudocima clade (part).