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Painted Jezebel
21-Aug-2007, 06:11 PM
I have chased this little xxxxxx all through the forest for the last few months thinking it was a butt, only to discover it is a moth. Its resting behaviour is that of a Lycaenid, resting with its wings closed. There is also a second smaller species, with the same colouration that behaves in exactly the same way. Can anyone ID please (so I can cross them off my Christmas list for wasting my time!):bsmile:

Silverstreak
21-Aug-2007, 06:18 PM
Les

It is call the "The Barbarian" or Callidula sumatrensis The Callies (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8983/moths/callidul.html)

Others and me chased them before not just you !:bsmile:

Welcome to the Blur Blur club!:bsmile:

see here:

http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3747&highlight=barbarian

http://www.b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2346

Commander
21-Aug-2007, 06:21 PM
:bsmile: Another one who fell for the decoy moth. :cheers:

It's a species from the genus(?) Callidulae and hops around almost like a Riodinid, always fooling us butt hunters. Welcome to the club, as Sunny said. :grin2:

Sky Blue
22-Aug-2007, 12:20 AM
Yeah, as I told the previous members who encountered this moth:

Welcome to the club :bsmile:

Painted Jezebel
22-Aug-2007, 08:20 AM
Thank you one and all. It appears to be a 'Rites of Passage' to be fooled by this family.

From the photos on the various links, I think that Callidula sumatrensis is the smaller one of the two I've enclountered (not pictured). The wing shape is different. Having the Family name, I went to the Moths of Borneo website, and found that the one pictured is most likely Tetragonus catamitus.

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hkmoths
22-Aug-2007, 08:32 PM
Thank you one and all. It appears to be a 'Rites of Passage' to be fooled by this family.

From the photos on the various links, I think that Callidula sumatrensis is the smaller one of the two I've enclountered (not pictured). The wing shape is different. Having the Family name, I went to the Moths of Borneo website, and found that the one pictured is most likely Tetragonus catamitus.

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T. catamitus it is.

They are active in Hong Kong on cloudy days, or in deep shade, throughout the day; otherwise normally crepuscular.

cheers,

Roger.