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There are quite a few species of moths which resemble butterflies for protection and vice versa, but this species of the Cyclosia genus is a very good mimic of the Red Base Jezebel and Malayan Jezebel.
I've only seen this species Cyclosia pieroides once back in Penang, and I was totally fooled into thinking that it was a Malayan Jezebel. :sweat:
I had heard of this Delias lookalike, but never managed to see any pics. The underside is a very good copy indeed of certain subspecies of Delias pasithoe or Delias henningia pandemia (if searching in Sabah/Sarawak).
Fortunately, the upperside should never be confused with the males of those butts, and it would only take a short time to realise that the female uppersides differ around the bases of both wings (much darkened in the Delias).
Visit my website below for pics (Go to Groups - Group 15 (Pasithoe Group))
Moth can be as colorful...
Wow, their such good mimics of delias pasithoe. Is the butt actually poisonous? The foodplant only contains some oils.