Species name Melanothrix nymphaliaria Walker
Gnophos nymphaliaria Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 35: 1598
Melanothrix pulchricolor Felder, 1874, in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise oest. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2), p. 194: 2
Euterote coryna Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 12: 211.
Melanothrix albidior Rothschild, 1910
Melanothrix radiata Grunberg, 1914, Ent. Rundschau 31: 21, syn. n.
Melanothrix leucotrigona sundaensis Holloway, 1976: 54, syn. n.
Geographical range Java, Sumatra, Borneo, ?Philippines
Infrequent in lowland forest
Distribution Map
Association of males and females still unreconfirmed to wait for the barcode data (W.F.Nassig )
Malay
Peninsular
(Female)
Borneo
(Male)
References W.F.Nassig & R.G. Oberprieler, An annotated catalogue of the genera of Eupterotidae, Senckenbergiana biologica Vol 88 (1) p53-80 (2008)