1. Falter

1: Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Miri, Gunung Mulu Nationalpark, Headquarter, 50 m, Terassenbeleuchtung am Rand von Alluvialwald (Überschwemmungswald), 30. August 2006 (det. & phot.: Dirk Mezger)Forum

2. Diagnosis

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

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

2.1. Original description

1: Clerck ([1764]: pl. 48 figs. [1]-[4]) [made from digital copy of the Library of Congress, Catalog Number 10030405]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Phalaena fullonia Clerck, [1764] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Phalaena fullonica Linnaeus, 1767 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Noctua dioscoreae Fabricius, 1775 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Phalaena pomona Cramer, 1776 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophideres princeps Boisduval, 1832 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Ophideres obliterans Walker, [1858] [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Taxonomy

At funet.fi is this species a synonym of Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763).

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Clerck, C. [1764]: Icones Insectorum rariorum Cum Nominibus eorum trivialibus, locisqve e C. LINNÆI Arch. R. et Eqv. Aur. Syst. Nat. allegatis. Sectio Secunda: not paginated foreword [3 pp.], pl. 13-55, not paginated register [3 pp.].