''Sympis rufibasis'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of
India,
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 ...
,
Borneo east to
New Guinea, the
Solomons and
Queensland.
Description
Its wingspan is 48 to 50 mm. The male has an orange-red head and thorax. Abdomen reddish brown. Forewings with orange-red basal area, bounded by an oblique blue line. The outer area reddish brown with a large scarlet lunule beyond the cell and a white speck on the costa above it. An indistinct, irregularly dentate, sub-marginal line and a marginal specks series present. Hindwings fuscous with incomplete medial white band and waved marginal line. Ventral side almost entirely grey suffused. A crenulate postmedial line present. Female lack scarlet lunule on forewings.
Larva darkish, olive green brown with a distinct pale yellow stripe which runs along each side and extends from the head to the anal prolegs. The larvae feed on ''
Dimocarpus'', ''
Litchi'' and ''
Nephelium
''Nephelium'' is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.
They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, ''N. lappaceum'' (rambu ...
'' species.
References
Catocalinae
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1852
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