Autocharis amethystina Swinhoe, [1894]; PED 6

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The holotype of Autocharis amethystina Swinhoe, 1894: 149 is from India (Cherapunjee). It is listed in the LepIndex as a junior subjective syn. of Glyphodes fessalis Swinhoe, 1886: 459, pl. 41, fig. 13 TL China (Macau) but the shape of the inner margin of the purplish apical markings are very different; here we treat the two spp. as distinct. A. fessalis is probably not present in Borneo.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 16mm. A large, creamy white sp. Wings with purplish subtermenal areas and FW with a narrow pale purplish brown, costal area. A small punctum is present in the FW cell. The long and porrect palpi and forelegs are a pale purplish brown.
  
  See A. fessalis Swinhoe for comparison.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  India (Karnataka, Meghalaya), W. Malaysia, Sabah. Lowland & hill forest; <630m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

  Mainly in the primary forest canopy.

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  Similar spp.

  
  

  Autocharis fessalis

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References to this species

  
  

  Swinhoe, C. (1894a) New species of Geometers and Pyrales from the Khasia Hills. XXII. A.M.N.H., 14 (6): 135-149.
  
  Swinhoe, C. (1886b). On the Lepidoptera of Mhow, in Central India. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1886: 421–465, pls. 40–41.

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  General References

  Swinhoe, C. (1894a) New species of Geometers and Pyrales from the Khasia Hills. XXII. A.M.N.H. 14 (6): 135-149.

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

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  Spare

  
  

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KEY TO TABS
(1) Taxonomy, (2) Description, (3) Distribution & Habitat, (4) Life History & Pest Status, (5) Similar spp., (6) Unrelated Look-alikes, (7) References, (8) Genitalia, (9) DNA Barcode, (10) 3D Imaging, (11) Spare