Cechenena helops Walker

Philampelus helops Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus 8: 180.

Cechenena helops Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 801.

Diagnosis

The mottled grey-green forewings with the round, dark green subbasal patch are diagnostic.

Geographical range

N. India to Bismarck Is.

Habitat preference

The species is less frequent than lineosa but has been taken in the same range of localities.

Biology

The larva was described by Dupont & Roepke (1941). The young larva is green with pale yellow dots and a pair of ocelli on A1. The mature larva is greyish brown speckled dark brown.

White lines run from the ocelli to the head.

The short horn is downcurved, dark brown, granulated with white tubercles.

The host-plant recorded was Tetrastigma (Vitidaceae).