Agape chloropyga Walker
Hypsa chloropyga Walker, 1854, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 2: 455.
Hypsa analis Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 7 :1677.
Agape cyanopyga Felder, 1875, In Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise Ost. Fregatte Novara, p1. 106.
Agape chloropyga var. snelleni Gaede, 1914, Ent. Rundschau., 31: 74.
Agape chloropyga Walker; Holloway, 1976: 5,1979: 391.
Diagnosis
The general appearance of this bright yellow moth, as described in the generic account, is unmistakable.
Taxonomic notes
In Sundanian material the valve of the male genitalia broadens more over the distal half than it does in typical Australasian populations.
Geographical range
Sundaland, Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland.
Habitat preference
This is primarily a lowland species but has been taken at 1200m on G. Kinabalu.
Genitalia:
