Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini - Nyctemera adversata
this species is involved in a mimicry ring with Pieris spp. - it's flight pattern is so similar to that of P. canidia that I can't tell the two apart from a distance.
cheers, Roger.
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Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini - Nyctemera adversata
this species is involved in a mimicry ring with Pieris spp. - it's flight pattern is so similar to that of P. canidia that I can't tell the two apart from a distance.
cheers, Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
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