Eudocima behouneki Zilli & Hogenes 2002

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 : 20

Eudocima behouneki Zilli & Hogenes 2002

( Figs 13 : E–F, 21: B)

This species is similar to E. mazzeii but the black marginal hindwing band is more dentate at the veins ( Zilli & Hogenes 2002). This band is also dentate but extends closer to the wing margin in E. bathyglypta , and the forewing of that species has greenish flecks, especially proximal to the PM line just above the inner margin. Unlike in E. bathyglypta the forewing apex of E. behouneki is produced as in E. sikhimensis and E. mazzeii . This species is endemic to the central southern Philippines where it replaces E. mazzeii which is found to the North ( Zilli & Hogenes 2002).

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FIGURE 13. Southeast Asian Eudocima and Eudocima sikhimensis group adults (dorsal aspect).