Eudocima nigricilia ( Prout, 1924 )

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 : 18

Eudocima nigricilia ( Prout, 1924)

( Figs 10 : E–F, 19: H, 31: F)

This species is separated from similar E. salaminia as described above. It is endemic to New Guinea where it is found in the Central Highlands. In New Guinea it is sympatric with E. salaminia which is less common there (Papua Insects Foundation 2020).

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FIGURE 10. Eudocima salaminia and Eudocima discrepans group adults (dorsal aspect).