Eudocima paulii ( Robinson, 1968 )

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 : 21

Eudocima paulii ( Robinson, 1968)

( Figs 15 : A–B, 21: G, 32: I)

This relatively small, variable species is sexually dimorphic. The female is reminiscent of the larger E. jordani but has a wider hindwing marginal black band across from the medial patch, and a less strongly crenulate outer forewing margin. The male is similar to E. martini but its hindwing has a medial patch which that species lacks. It is endemic to the Fiji Islands of Vanua Levu and Viti Levu ( Zilli et al. 2017).

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FIGURE 15. Eudocima paulii and Eudocima phalonia group adults (dorsal aspect).