Eupterote asclepiades (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874)

Photo by Arga Yudha

Eupterote asclepiades (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874)
Monkey Moth

This eupterote asclepiades, capture from Curup, rejang land, south west sumatra highland, Bengkulu province, Indonesia. Elevation about 700 above sea level. The photo identification based on J.D. Holloway, The Moths of Borneo Part 3, page 66 as reference.

male form Eupterote asclepiades from rejang land, sumatra

female form Eupterote asclepiades from rejang land sumatra

Synonim :

Sphingognatha asclepiades Felder, 1874, in Felder & Rogenhofer. Reise oest. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2): pl 94:1.
Tagora pallida Walker, sensu: Strand, 1924, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 424 Holloway, 1976: 54; Barlow, 1982: 47

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
Insecta (Class)
Lepidoptera (Order)
Glossata (Suborder)
Heteroneura (Infraorder)
Bombycoidea (Superfamily)
Eupterotidae (Family)
Eupterote asclepiades (species)

Monograph
Pair specimen from insectarium in japan :

male form

female form

Reference :

• J.D. Holloway, The Moths of Borneo Part 3, page 66
• http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/65_Eupterotidae/Eupterote%20asclepiades/CBM-ZI%2025963.jpg
• http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/65_Eupterotidae/Eupterote%20asclepiades/CBM-ZI%2025963U.jpg