''Eupterote orientalis'' is a
moth in the family
Eupterotidae. It was described by
Johan Christian Fabricius, but the year of description is not clear. It is found in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
Adults are senescent (
bronzy) yellow, the forewings with three very prominent oblique, transverse, discal purple brown-speckled bands, the two inner bands linear and curved, the outer one composed of broad lunules. There is an inner series of three less oblique, very indistinct, and sparsely speckled bands. The hindwings have a distinct submarginal broad purple brown-speckled lunular band.
"Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera"
''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''.
References
Eupterotinae
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