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Need ID for these Moths. Thanks
1)
http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/153905879.jpg
2) Is this the same ?
http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/132283668.jpg
3) and this
http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/132887168.jpg
4) and this
http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/83642838.jpg
Wow...this moths are very beautiful! :what:
Three Dysphania species are very similar & the subject of much confusion on the web.
They are D. militaris, sagana & subrepleta.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/...ni/gallery.php
No. 2 .D. sagana is the easiest to ID. the thorax & abdomen are not banded & fully golden yellow.
No. 1 & 4. D. militaris is very variable in the markings.
Typically the FW discal cross band is not detached from the basal orange& rather irregular.
The HW has a large rounded spot, separate or connected.
The thorax & abdomen are strongly banded.
No. 1 is an unusual variant with much reduced black markings.
http://www.ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/G...ilitaris10.jpg
No. 3 resembles D. subrepleta which is heavily black-banded compared to the typical D. militaris.
In D. subrepleta the HW spot is always connected to form a band.
The FW discal cross-band is completely separated from the basal orange or almost so.
The cell -spot component of this band is usually a narrow rectangle.
The space 2 component is partially grey or wholly so.
Examples below are all from Malaya.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital...0971225001.jpg
http://www.oocities.org/fahshin/moths/dysphan1.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ME1IxzjgQZ.../Butterfly.jpg
No. 3 is most likely a heavily marked D. militaris.
The HW rounded spot is connected to form a drumstick.
The FW cross band's cellspot component is broad & squarish typical of D. militaris.
The space 2 component spot is fully orange.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thank you Dr Seow