EUPANACRA BUSIRIS BUSIRIS (Walker, 1856)

Female Enpinanga busiris busiris. Photo: © BMNH Male Enpinanga busiris busiris. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Panacra busiris Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 158. Type locality: [Bangladesh,] Silhet [Sylhet].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 68--82mm.


Adult of Eupanacra busiris busiris in resting position, Hong Kong. Photo: © Roger Kendrick Adult of Eupanacra busiris busiris in resting position, Kaziranga, Assam, India. Photo: Maan Barua Adult of Eupanacra busiris busiris in resting position, Kaziranga, Assam, India. Photo: Maan Barua

ADULT BIOLOGY

Flies at dusk. Attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta but rarely to light (Tennent, 1992).


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 24.iii (Hong Kong); vii (Guangdong); 4.viii (Hong Kong).

Kendrick (2002) states that it is possibly trivoltine in Hong Kong, occurring from late March until late August.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Pale brownish-yellow, spalshed with a little red. Oval (2.00 x 2.2mm), shiny and smooth.

LARVA: Full-fed 85--90mm.


Full grown larva of Eupanacra busiris busiris. Image: Mell, 1922b

PUPA: 55mm.


Pupa of Eupanacra busiris busiris. Image: Mell, 1922b Pupa of Eupanacra busiris busiris. Image: Mell, 1922b

Larval hostplants. Lasia and Pothos scandens (Araceae) in India (Bell & Scott, 1937).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong (??Wa-Sha-Tai; ??Hast River Mts., 340m; Gaoyao); Hong Kong; Guangxi (Longsheng).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India, Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).


Global distribution of Eupanacra busiris busiris. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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