Perixera dotilla Swinhoe comb. n

Anisodes dotilla Swinhoe, 1894, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1894: 179.

Diagnosis

This is a large, rather uniformly dark pink species with large orange discal spots that are white-pupilled.

P. flavispila* Warren is a paler species with a clearer, more yellow-orange discal spot to the hindwing, and the ground colour is fawn rather than pink.

P. pyrrhocrica* Prout is smaller, the fasciae more definite, with the forewing discal mark a black dot rather than a smaller version of that on the hindwing, which is very large and also orange in pyrrhocrica.

Taxonomic Notes

The male has coremata on the fourth sternite and basal to the genitalia. The uncus is distinctive, though reduced.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi.

Habitat Preference

A single old specimen from Borneo has been located, a female from the lowlands of Kalimantan near Pontianak.

Biology

Bell (MS) reared what was probably this species in S. India, identifying it as P. obliviaria (probable vouchers in series of dotilla). The larva is uniform green, cylindrical, tapering slightly anteriorly. The pupa is typically cosymbiine in shape and suspension. The host-plant was Derris (Leguminosae).