RHAGASTIS RUBETRA Rothschild & Jordan, 1907

Female Rhagastis rubetra. Photo: © BMNH Male Rhagastis rubetra. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907, Novit. zool. 14: 95. Type locality: [Indonesia, Sumatera Utara,] Nias.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: ?Xizang/Tibet (Mutu).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

From Indonesia (Kalimantan, Nias, Sumatra) north through Malaysia (Sarawak, Peninsular) to Thailand and, possibly, southern China (Xizang/Tibet). However, the record from China is suspect.


Global distribution of Rhagastis rubetra. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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