ENPINANGA BORNEENSIS (Butler, 1879)

Female Enpinanga borneensis. Photo: © BMNH Male Enpinanga borneensis. Photo: © BMNH Fresh male Enpinanga borneensis, Borneo. Photo: © John Tennent

TAXONOMY

Angonyx borneensis Butler, 1879, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879: 261. Type locality: Borneo.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Male Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Male Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Female Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA: Full-fed 75--80mm long.

Young larva of Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Intermediate larva of Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Final instar larva of Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Pre-pupation larva of Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming.

PUPA:

Pupa of Enpinanga borneensis, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming.

Larval hostplants. Dillenia and Tetracera (Dilleniaceae) (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, [1996] 1997). In Singapore mainly on D. suffruticosa (Leong, T. M., 2008).


PARASITOIDS

Young larva of Enpinanga borneensis with parasite larva, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming. Young larva of Enpinanga borneensis with parasite cocoon, Singapore. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: ?Yunnan (Shuanghui).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), and the Philippines (Palawan).


Global distribution of Enpinanga borneensis. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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