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Tiger moth

Chrysocale regalis

Description:

Irridescent multi-coloured nocturnal moth

Habitat:

High altitude cloud forest. Podocarpus refuge located between Loja and Malacatos in southern Ecuador.

8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I apologize, I did a misspelling in the scientific name! It should be Chrysocale NOT Chrysocalis! Please, change, thanks!

ChristosMaroulis
ChristosMaroulis 10 years ago

Nice!!

LucindaWestwood
LucindaWestwood 10 years ago

Thank you for the ID - much appreciated - I will be putting many more on but have already identified them. :-)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Amazing. Beautiful!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Chrysocale regalis.
http://www.pbase.com/splluk/image/142588...

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

What a stunning first spotting! I certainly hope someone here can help with an ID! Welcome to Project Noah!

keithp2012
keithp2012 10 years ago

Stunning!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Fabulous colours in there. Male.

LucindaWestwood
Spotted by
LucindaWestwood

Loja, Ecuador

Spotted on Aug 10, 2013
Submitted on Dec 10, 2013

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