1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♂, Australia, Victoria, NE Melbourne, Yarra Ranges NP, Mt. Donna Buang, 1100 m, 21. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

2. Diagnosis

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

2.1. Original description

1-4: Doubleday (1845: 437-438, pl. 5 fig. 2) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Callimorpha selenaea Doubleday, 1845 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Phalaena magnificaria d'Orbigny, [1847] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Thalaina klenaea Walker, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Pompeja australiaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Phalaena magnifica Desmarest, 1858 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Thalaina punctilinea Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Absyrtes fortunata Thierry-Mieg, 1899 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Doubleday, E. (1845): Description of some new Australian Lepidopterous Insects. — In: Eyre, E. J. (1845): Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King Georges Sound, In the years 1840-1 ; sent by the Colonists of South Australia, With the Sanction and Support of the Gobernment : Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of their Relations with Europeans. Vol. I: 437-439, pl. 5. London (T. and W. Boone).