Eudocima iridescens (Lucus, 1894)

Borth, Robert J. & Kons, Hugo L., 2022, Mitochondrial genetics of Ophiderini, with a new species from the Eudocima phalonia species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae), Zootaxa 5148 (1), pp. 1-151 : 16

Eudocima iridescens (Lucus, 1894)

( Figs 8 : E–F, 18: K, 23: R–S, 30: K, 94: J–L)

Eudocima iridescens is strongly sexually dimorphic with females having a dorsal forewing green transverse band coming to a point at the distal end. It has no hindwing medial patch, separating it from E. homaena but not from all specimens of E. caesar . It can be separated from E. caesar by the hindwing marginal band extending to the inner margin, versus extending slightly beyond vein Cu 2 in E. caesar . Also, E. iridescens has a black tipped orange dorsal abdomen, whereas the dorsal abdomen is orange throughout in E. caesar and E. homaena ( Zilli et al. 2017) . It is known from New Guinea and Queensland, Australia, along with a number of surrounding islands.

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FIGURE 8. Eudocima kinabaluenis and Eudocima homaena group adults (dorsal aspect).