CECHENENA HELOPS HELOPS (Walker, 1856)

Female Cechenena helops helops. Photo: © BMNH Male Cechenena helops helops. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Philampelus helops Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 180. Type locality: "Port Natal" <<[Malaysia,] Penang [Pinang]>>.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 104--126mm.


Adult Cechenena helops helops, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching Adult Cechenena helops helops at rest, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming Adult Cechenena helops helops at rest, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. Photo: © C.W. Gan.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:


Pre-pupal Cechenena helops helops larva, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming

PUPA:


Pupa of Cechenena helops helops (lateral view), Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming Pupa of Cechenena helops helops (ventral view), Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming

Larval hostplants. Tetrastigma (Vitaceae).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Cangyuan).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeast India, Thailand, southwestern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac).


Global distribution of Cechenena helops helops. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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