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JD : Elusa subjecta (Walker, 1865), female
OD - Miana ? subjecta, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 32: 676 - https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/676/mode/1up
Phothedes bipars, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881 pg 373, pi. 38, fig. 7 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/475/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/485/mode/1up
Lugana rufula, Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, pt 8, pg 81 & Pl 146 figs 22,23 -
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/91/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/169/mode/1up
Lugana renalis, Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, Moore pg 146 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/164/mode/1up
Elusa bipars, Hampson, Fauna of British India Moths of India Vol 2 pg 257, #1850
Moths of Nepal Vol 3 pl 86/14
SS: I am not even sure this is an Elusa, given its different posture. Frankly, event though there are only 3 Elusa known from India; given their sexual dimorphism; I have never been able to identify these with certainty.
OD - Miana ? subjecta, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 32: 676 - https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/676/mode/1up
Phothedes bipars, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881 pg 373, pi. 38, fig. 7 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/475/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/485/mode/1up
Lugana rufula, Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, pt 8, pg 81 & Pl 146 figs 22,23 -
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/91/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/169/mode/1up
Lugana renalis, Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, Moore pg 146 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/164/mode/1up
Elusa bipars, Hampson, Fauna of British India Moths of India Vol 2 pg 257, #1850
Moths of Nepal Vol 3 pl 86/14
SS: I am not even sure this is an Elusa, given its different posture. Frankly, event though there are only 3 Elusa known from India; given their sexual dimorphism; I have never been able to identify these with certainty.