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Description:

Handmaiden moth ( Amata cyssea) ?

2 Species ID Suggestions

Nine-Spotted moth
Amata phegea Nine-spotted moth
bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Handmaiden Moth
Amata cyssea Amata cyssea - Overview


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6 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

That seems a good choice.

kadavoor
kadavoor 12 years ago

Thanks Argybee; photo of Amata sperbius looks similar to me. The one with three red bands is Euchromia polymena; not Amata cyssea.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

this one is more like yours... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/761...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Good find kadavoor.
The only other Amata cyssea here has three red bands and yellow spots on the wings..
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/896...

kadavoor
Spotted by
kadavoor

Kerala, India

Spotted on Nov 7, 2010
Submitted on Feb 21, 2012

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