1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: ♂, Australia, Queensland, n/w Innisfail, Biggs Road, Golden Hole, 80 m, 20. April 2009, lux (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

3: Indonesia, West-Java, Bogor, Cibinong, Zoology Biology Research Center LIPI, 145 m, Park, 30. November 2009, day finding near outside lighting (det. & phot.: Dirk Mezger)Forum

4: Bhutan, Sarpang, Gelephu, Hotelanlage, 280 m, 20. April 2018, am Licht (det. (cf.) & fot.: Oskar Jungklaus)Forum

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Linnaeus (1763: 410-411) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biology

3.1. Habitat

1: Indonesia, West-Java, Bogor, Cibinong, Zoology Biology Research Center LIPI, 145 m, Park, 30. November 2009 (phot.: Dirk Mezger)Forum

4. Further information

4.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena gangis Linnaeus, 1763 [original combination]

4.2. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien, Taiwan, Indien, Indonesien, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapur, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippinen, Malaysia, Nepal, Kambodscha, Japan, Laos, Papua-Neuguinea, Bangladesch, China, Deutschland?, Oman? und Osttimor vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Java.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

4.3. Literature

• Original description: Linnaeus, C. (1763): Amoenitates academicæ; Seu dissertationes variæ physicæ, medicæ, botanicæ, antehac seorsim editæ, nunc collectæ et auctæ cum tabulis æneis. Volumen sextum: 1-486. Homiae (Laurentii Salvii).

4.4. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Moths of India]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]