1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1.2. Caterpillar

1: Thailand, Khao Sok, 1. Januar 2013 (fot.: Florian Nantscheff), det. Roland BreithauptForum

2-3: Indonesien, Bali, Ubud, 24. März 2023 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

4: Indonesien, Bali, Pura Pasar Agung, 22. Januar 2019 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

5-7: Sri Lanka, Westküste, Negombo, Garten Strauch, 10 m, 27. Januar 2018, Tagfund (fot.: Inge Sterk), det. Dominik HoferForum

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

1-3: Hübner (1823: 19, pl. [51] figs. 293-294) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Dasychira mendosa (Hübner, 1823)

3.2. Synonyms

• Antipha basalis Walker, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Nioda fusiformis Walker, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Rilia lanceolata Walker, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Dasychira sawanta Moore, [1860] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Dasychira basalis Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Dasychira basigera Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Dasychira divisa Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Rilias distinguenda Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• ?Olene basivitta Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Rilia basivitta Walker, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Turriga invasa Walker, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

The species is found from Australia and Indonesia to Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangla Desh to India.

Kuchlein & de Vos (1999: 221) give a report to The Netherlands: [1] Dasychira mendosa Hübner, 1823 was imported to the Netherlands in 1988 and 1990 on Bonsai-trees from Taiwan (Romeijn, i.l.)."

(Author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Hübner, J. (1823): Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. Zweytes Hundert: 1-32, 8 unpaginated pages, pl. [36]-[69]. Augsburg.
• Kuchlein, J.H. & R. de Vos (1999): Geannoteerde Naamlijst van de Nederlandse Vlinders - Annotated Checklist of the Dutch Lepidoptera. — 302 S.; Leiden (Backhuys Publishers)