Odonestis vita Moore

Odonestis vita Moore, in Horsfield & Moore, 1859: 424.

Odonestis vita Moore; Tams, 1935: 58.

Diagnosis

This and the next species are more orange-red than the two previous, and both have irregular, rather than straight, postmedials.

In vita the white discal spot and the fasciae are more indefinite than in the other species.

Taxonomic Notes

Several subspecies were described by Tams (1935), the typical race being that from Sundaland.

The Philippines subspecies tend in their genitalia morphology towards the new Bornean species described below.

Geographical range

Indian subregion to Sundaland, Philippines.

Habitat preference

The species has been taken in the lowlands but is not common.

Biology

The larva has been recorded on Eugenia, Psidium (Myrtaceae) and Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) in Thailand (Pholboon, 1965). Yunus & Ho (1980) also recorded Psidium.

Genitalia: