Eudocima divitiosa ( Walker, 1869 )

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 : 17

Eudocima divitiosa ( Walker, 1869)

( Figs 9 : I–J, 19: E, 24: R–T, 31: C, 92: E)

This is the only African Eudocima with no hindwing medial patch. The hindwing has a broad continuous marginal band similar to the one found in E. iridescens of the Australian region; however, the female of E. iridescens has a green forewing transverse band. The male of E. divitiosa has a unique pale greenish band bordering the distal side of the PM line. It has been recorded from numerous localities throughout subsaharan Africa (De Prins & De Prins 2022).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Eudocima materna group and African Eudocima adults (dorsal aspect).