Stictoptera trajiciens (Walker, 1857)

Figs. 12, 13, 104, 131, 157

Steiria trajiciens Walker, 1857, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 1137. Syntypes: Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (BMNH). Stictoptera trajiciens: Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 154.

Diagnosis. The wing pattern of this species is distinctive. It is characterized by the diffused longitudinal lines of the forewing. V-shaped transversal triple line lies from the costal margin and gathered at the anal margin of forewing. In the male genitalia, the uncus bends centrally; the membranous webbing present from distal one fifth of costal lobe vertically to the basal one third of the sacculus, then extended to its end.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 2 males, Jianfengling, 21.VI., 21.X.1982, coll. Liu Yuanfu and Chen Peizhen; 1 male, 1 female, Diaoluoshan, 930 m, 11–12.XII.2007, coll. Li Jing and Chen Fuqiang (IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 male, Bobai, 200 m. 11.X.1983, coll. Wang Jizhen; 1 male, Shangsi, 250 m, 28.V.1999, coll. Yuan Decheng; 2 males, Fangcheng, Dalu, 250 m, 8.VI.2000, coll. Li Wenzhu; 1 male, 1 female, Fangcheng, Fulong, 24–25.V.1999, coll. Yuan Decheng and Zhang Yanzhou (IZCAS). Yunnan: 1 male, 2 females, Hekou, 80 m, 7.VI.1956, coll. Huang Keren (IZCAS). Guangxi: 1 male, Pingxiang, 13.VI.1976; 1 female, same locality, 12.V.1963, coll. Yang Jikun (CAU).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Guizhou, Yunnan), India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, South Pacific islands.

Biological notes. The larval host plants were recorded as Garcinia indica (Bell & Scott 1937) and Garcinia kandis (Clusiaceae) (Tho Yow Pong, in Holloway 1985).