Image of Derambila fragilis Butler ♂

Derambila fragilis Butler stat. rev. 

Zanclopteryx fragilis Butler, 1880, Proc. zoo1. Soc. Lond., 1880: 687.

Diagnosis

See D. saponaria . The wings are relatively slightly marked as in saponaria, lacking the brownish suffusion of the next two.

Geographical range

Taiwan, Ryukyu Is., India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimen seen is from Sandakan, a lowland coastal locality.

Biology

Inoue (1971) noted the species as reared from larvae feeding on Vitex (Verbenaceae) in the Ryukyu Is.

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Species (13)


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