Callidula Butterfly-moth

Description:

Callidula sumatrensis Pagenstecher 1887 syn. Callidula luzonica Pagenstecher 1887 (Callidulidae; Callidulinae). The family Callidulidae or the Old World butterfly-moths are restricted to the tropics of South East Asia to Australasia and Madagascar. The mainly day-flying subfamily Callidulinae can be distinguished by their resting posture, which is butterfly-like, with the wings held closely over the back. Resembling the butterfly family Lycaenidae, these moths can be told apart by their antennae which taper to a point or may be very subtly clubbed. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a 300-hectare protected forest park, situated at the lower elevations of the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve's Molawin-Dampalit watershed in Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/call.... Petavia petavius Cramer 1782 synonyms: http://insectoid.info/insecta/lepidopter... - http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/15345... - http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/748082 - Petavia petavius Cramer 1782 = Callidula abisara Butler 1879 = Callidula batjanensis Pagenstecher, 1887 = Callidula celebensis Pagenstecher, 1887 = Callidula luzonica Pagenstecher, 1887 = Datanga minor Moore 1879 = Callidula niasica Pagenstecher 1887 = Petavia sakuni Horsfield 1828 = Callidula sumatrensis Pagenstecher, 1887.