EURYPTERYX BHAGA (Moore, [1866])

Female Eurypteryx bhaga. Photo: © BMNH Male Eurypteryx bhaga. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Darapsa bhaga Moore, [1866], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 794. Type locality: [India,] Northeast Bengal.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 82--84mm.


Adult Eurypteryx bhaga, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. Photo: © C.W. Gan.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Alstonia (Apocynaceae).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Shaanxi (Taibai Shan); Yunnan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India, southwestern to central China, Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).


Global distribution of Eurypteryx bhaga. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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