Eumelea feliciata Guenée

Eumelea feliciata Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 9 : 393.

[ Eumelea semirosea Warren, 1897, Novit. zool. 4 : 29.]

[ Eumelea rosalia marginata Prout, 1920, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 5 :290.]

[ Eumelea semirosea phoenissa Prout, 1920, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: 33.]

Eumelea smedleyi Prout, 1931, Novit. zool. 37: 32.

Diagnosis

See Eumelea rosalia Stoll.

Taxonomic Notes

The names grouped in synonymy above have genitalic features generally as indicated for feliciata in the diagnosis of rosalia. Sommerer (1995) kept semirosea and marginata distinct from feliciata on the grounds of differences in the gnathus of the male genitalia: apically more acute in the more eastern taxa.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Sumatra and offshore islands, Borneo, (ssp. rosans), [Sula Is., Sulawesi (marginata); Moluccas (semirosea, phoenissa) ].

Habitat Preference

The only recent specimen was from montane forest on Bukit Retak, Brunei.

Genitalia: