Eudocima prolai 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 prolai Zilli & Hogenes, 2002

( Figs 13 : A–B, 20: H, 26: A–B, 31: P, 95: M)

This species could be mistaken for sympatric E. aurantia , but can be separated by the much broader marginal band reaching the outer margin of the hindwing, the larger medial patch, and the smaller size (38–40 mm, n=2) vs (48–54 mm, n=7). Relative to allopatric E. okurai the forewing shape is less elongate, there is no green spot inside the reniform, and the distal side of the medial patch has a less distinct concave indentation. This species is endemic to the island of New Guinea.

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