Euchromia polymena

Euchromia polymena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Euchromia
Species: E. polymena
Binomial name
Euchromia polymena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx polymena Linnaeus, 1758
  • Euchromia elegantissima Wallengren, 1861
  • Euchromia orientalis Butler, 1876
  • Euchromia fraterna Butler, 1876
  • Euchromia laura Butler, 1876
  • Euchromia formosana Butler, 1888
  • Euchromia celebensis Butler, 1876
  • Euchromia siamensis Butler, 1876
  • Glaucopis polymena var. butleri Röber, 1887
  • Euchromia diffusihelvola Schultze, 1908
  • Euchromia hainana Seitz, 1913
  • Euchromia egestosa Seitz, 1913

Euchromia polymena is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in India and south-eastern Asia, as well as on Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines.[1] It is also present in the northern part of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Description

Hind wings with vein 3 and 4 from angle of cell. Body black. Head with blue spot on the vertex. The frons is white. Tegulae with a white spot. Collar and 1st, 4th and 5th abdominal segments are crimson colored, whereas 2nd, 3rd, and 6th edged with metallic blue. Fore wings with a basal metallic blue spot and two at end of the cell. There is a large sub-basal, bifid medial and quadrified post-medial orange spots. Hind wing with a trifid basal and quadrified post-medial orange spots. Coxa of fore legs and three spots on pectus are white colored. Larva reddish in color with red tubercles. It has long anterior and posterior tufts of hair and shorter dense medial dorsal tufts. Pupa is in a hairy cocoon.[2]

Ecology

The eggs are shiny pale yellow spheres, and laid in groups under a leaf of a foodplant. The larvae feed on Ipomoea species. They are orange with bands of black and brown hairs. The caterpillars live in groups until the last instar which is solitary.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Euchromia at funet
  2. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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