ACOSMERYX SHERVILLII Boisduval, [1875]

Female Acosmeryx shervillii. Photo: © BMNH Female Acosmeryx shervillii. Photo: © BMNH Male Acosmeryx shervillii. Photo: © BMNH Male Acosmeryx shervillii. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval, [1875], in: Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères), 1: 217. Type locality: [India, West Bengal,] Darjeeling [Darling].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Adult Acosmeryx shervillii, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching Adult Acosmeryx shervillii, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. Photo: © C.W. Gan.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: iii-x (Hong Kong); 15.iv (Yunnan); v (Yunnan); vi-vii (Hainan); viii (Fujian); ix (Shaanxi).

Kendrick (2002) states that this common species is tri- or multivoltine in Hong Kong, occurring from early March until early October.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Dillenia, Vitis, Cayratia, Cissus and Leea (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, [1996] 1997).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Shaanxi (Xunyang, 1380m); Yunnan (Changning Co., Songzhishanding, 2800m; Xishuangbanna; Baoshan, 1540m); Fujian (Guangze, 1200m); Hong Kong; Hainan (Wenchang; ??Youboi).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, central and southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).


Global distribution of Acosmeryx shervillii. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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