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Tetragonus catamitus

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This species ranges throughout the east and south-east Asian lowland of seasonal or tropical forests where the host fern species are abundant. Kobes (1990) recognized three subspecies, but Holloway (1998) treated all of them as the junior synonyms of the nominotypical subspecies and indicated there
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The head, thorax and abdomen are dark yellowish and reddish brown. The wings are yellowish and reddish brown. The hindwings are more uniform reddish brown. On the underside, there are dark striations and both the forewing and hindwing have three grey spots in the discal cell. There are four pale
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This species occurs in lowland forests, along the boggy areas where the feeding and host plants are dense. Shady, bushy habitats are preferable in day time but unusually can see outside the habitats. Rainy conditions, just after evening dark lights or early mornings are the most active time.
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Holloway, J. D. (1998). The moths of Borneo: families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae.
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larvae live in a rolled leaf, and the mature larvae live between leaves drawn together with silk.
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Barlow, H. S. (1982). An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society
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Kobes, L. W. R. (1990). The Callidulidae of Sumatra. Heterocera Sumatrana. 6:101-116.
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in 1832 based on a specimen from Java and later described under the name of
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August to October is the peak breading season. The larvae feed on ferns
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The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I
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rufous bands along the medial, postmedial, submarginal region.
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Western Ghats
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Callidulidae
Tetragonus
Binomial name
Geyer
Synonyms
moth
Callidulidae
Carl Geyer
Taiwan
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Sri Lanka
Tenasserim Hills
Myanmar
Java

Carl Geyer
Frederic Moore
instar

Drynaria

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