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    Default Revised observation.

    Post 12.

    I think you are right, Antonio. All three are probably one species.

    The female of this group have nacreous(pearly white) discal spot on the FW.
    The FW's outer margin is also much more rounded.
    It can be seen pix 1 & 3 are females ,& pix 2 is a male.
    The banded abdomen is hidden in the other two.

    There is only one species in which the ground pattern match this namely Sphingognatha(formerly Eupterote) asclepiades.
    The Sundanian form looks different. All males below.
    eg. Borneo.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/...otidae_1_5.php
    Sumatra.
    http://www.chiba-muse.or.jp/NATURAL/...sclepiades.htm
    A 2nd species in Java.
    http://www.fobi.web.id/key/Eupteroti...2_itemId=41396

    It is possible this is the continental form of S. asclepiades or what is described as S. pallida.

    There is a lot of revision & confusing name changes in the family Eupterotidae at the moment.

    TL Seow
    PS. This female from Arunachal Pradesh, India which is the same as pix 1 clearly shows the abdomen unbanded.
    This suggest the pix 2 male is a different species from the pix 1 female.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/luvjoysmoths/7849998260/
    Last edited by Psyche; 13-Apr-2014 at 09:32 AM. Reason: PS

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