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ID: Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius, 1793),
1.Dreata geminata Walker, 1855, syn. nov., syn. corr., List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 4: 907. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: ♂
2.VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN 2018. Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius, 1793), bona species, comb. nov. Nomenclature and synonymic remarks on two species of
Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera) described by Johan Christian Fabricius,
and notes on related species. Zootaxa 4471 (2): 381–386. Pg 385; fig 14 on page 384
3.Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.6- Page 9
NOTE: There is a paper published in 2017 by A.Raha et al from ZSI [On Three Species of Genus Eupterote Hübner, [1820] from Chhattisgarh, with a Consolidated Species List of the Genus from India (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae] where the identifications given have been overhauled/corrected by Zolotuhin in the 2018 paper
JD : agree with ID
1.Dreata geminata Walker, 1855, syn. nov., syn. corr., List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 4: 907. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: ♂
2.VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN 2018. Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius, 1793), bona species, comb. nov. Nomenclature and synonymic remarks on two species of
Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera) described by Johan Christian Fabricius,
and notes on related species. Zootaxa 4471 (2): 381–386. Pg 385; fig 14 on page 384
3.Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.6- Page 9
NOTE: There is a paper published in 2017 by A.Raha et al from ZSI [On Three Species of Genus Eupterote Hübner, [1820] from Chhattisgarh, with a Consolidated Species List of the Genus from India (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae] where the identifications given have been overhauled/corrected by Zolotuhin in the 2018 paper
JD : agree with ID
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