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    Default Moth that behave like a butt!

    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!)
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    Les

    It is call the "The Barbarian" or Callidula sumatrensis The Callies

    Others and me chased them before not just you !

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    see here:

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    http://www.b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2346
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    Another one who fell for the decoy moth.

    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.
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    Yeah, as I told the previous members who encountered this moth:

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel View Post
    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.
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