ENPINANGA ASSAMENSIS (Walker, 1856)

Female Enpinanga assamensis. Photo: © BMNH Male Enpinanga assamensis. Photo: © BMNH Fresh male Enpinanga assamensis, Hong Kong, China. Photo: © John Tennent

TAXONOMY

Panacra assamensis Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 8: 160. Type locality: [Bangladesh,] Silhet [Sylhet].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 55mm.


Adult Enpinanga assamensis, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 13.v (Guangdong); 24.vi (Guangdong); 10.viii (Hong Kong); 8.ix (Hong Kong).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Yiwu; Lijiang); Guangdong (Guangzhou); Hong Kong; Hainan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Sri Lanka, Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, southern China and northern Vietnam.


Global distribution of Enpinanga assamensis. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Oriental.


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