1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

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: Lucas (1894: 148) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Othreis iridescens Lucas, 1894 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Ophideres pyrocrana Turner, 1908 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Othreis iridescens was described from Geraldton at the west coast of Australia. Borth & Kons (2022: 16) wrote: "It is known from New Guinea and Queensland, Australia, along with a number of surrounding islands."

(author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Borth, R.J. & H.L. Kons (2022): Mitochondrial genetics of Ophiderini, with a new species from the Eudocima phalonia species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). — Zootaxa, 5148 (1): 1–151. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5148.1.1 [to the open access-paper with download (PDF) at mapress.com]
• Original description: Lucas, T. P. (1894): Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. — The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Second series 8 (2): 133-166. Sydney (F. Cunninghame & Co.).