I bred the caterpillar feeding on Bamboo and it has the feature of Caltoris Malaya. The upper wings of the adult however seems to be different. Is it a Caltoris Malaya?
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I bred the caterpillar feeding on Bamboo and it has the feature of Caltoris Malaya. The upper wings of the adult however seems to be different. Is it a Caltoris Malaya?
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It is Caltoris cahira austeni. ID points 1 female ,2 FW with 2 cellspots 3. HW without any spot.
The FW with whitish spots ; 2 FW cellspot. A spot in space 1b indicating a female.
Underside dark brown .
In photos colour is very variable & confusing.
Caltoris cahira UnH dark chocolate usually but variable.
Female Singapore.Federick.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7l1dr3n_gK...ris+bromus.jpg
Ssp austeni is also found in Taiwan .
Taiwan male & female.
http://dearlep.tw/images/Papilionoid...00%20(109).jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...wjjUvmHpsHL132
C. bromus UnH dark brown with an ochreous overlay.
Feamle usually eith 1 -2 HW spots in space 2 & 3.
Taiwan note HW spot.
https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2813...c2551d54_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/554/18...586c0ecf_b.jpg
Unknown location female.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...jpg?1545656453
C. Malaya FW without cellspots (occasionally tiny ones).
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93360001.html
TL Seow: Cheers.
WOW. Need to hunt for more. This caterpillar was found at the Zoo.
Went back to the same Survey site and found this Caltoris and several caterpillars on the same Bamboo patch. Could not get a upper wing shot but is this C.Malaya?
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One of the caterpillar we found looks like a female C.Malaya.
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The adult in the pic is Caltoris malaya male.
The wingshape is shorter in profile; the underside HW darker brown & the FW spots tend to be yellowish.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sEtiy2_aX...M_adult_02.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WmnlNXMo6...M_adult_03.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.