Eudocima martini Zilli & Brou, 2017

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 martini Zilli & Brou, 2017

( Figs 14 : I–J, 21: F, 26: Q–T, 32:H)

This small species (34–35 mm, n=6) is similar in size to another island endemic, E. paulii , but in E. martini the hindwings have no medial patch. Members of the C. homaena group also have no medial patch but lack a green dot inside the reniform, and the females have a green transverse bar across the forewing. This species also has unique genitalia including a thin aedeagus and uncus and small juxta ( Zilli et al. 2017). This species is rare in collections and is apparently endemic to the Solomon Islands ( Zilli et al. 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Southeast Asian Eudocima and Eudocima tyrannus group adults (dorsal aspect).