Eudocima aurantia ( Moore, 1877 )

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 : 21

Eudocima aurantia ( Moore, 1877)

( Figs 14 : G–H, 21: D, 26: P, 32: G, 95:L)

The forewing apex is unique with a protracted obliquely rounded lobe (Hampson 1894). The large size is comparable to E. tyrannus and E. sikhimensis , but the hindwing marginal band is greatly reduced and well separated from the wing margin by the orange background color. There is very little black on the underside especially in the marginal areas. The range of this relatively common species includes India, China, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomons ( Holloway 2005).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Southeast Asian Eudocima and Eudocima tyrannus group adults (dorsal aspect).