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Ramadasa pavo
Ramadasa pavo is a triangle moth with strange wings from the Noctuidae family. The moth is about 15mm in length. 1st pair of wings consist of grey, brown, black and yellow. The lower area of the wings which is brown have strange patterns. Side of the wings near the head is striped black and yellow. 2nd pair of wings are yellow. Black legs and antennae.
Kundasang highlands, Sabah, Malaysia.
For almost 2 months this moth has been unidentified. ID was found by gatorfellows. 1st photograph by dad. >>>Map accuracy : 50m diameter.
Its fascinating to see the minute differences between the two specimens. This looks so much like it was hand painted. Nice
Thank you everyone.
I never thought that one of my moths will be featured.
I should have taken a better photo of it. : )
that's so cool that we finally have an ID, I've been dying to know what kind of moth this is. It's a great spotting! Thanks gatorfellows :)
The Wiki link shows it with more of a brownish cast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadasa_pa...
Congratulations Chun, this fascinating moth has been chosen to represent Asia in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/
Ok, I will visit that mission and see whether my spotting can be added into it.
Thanks, with that I will re-search www.mothsofborneo.com again.
Hopefully I will get a match.
Thank you Marta RubioTexeira and Chief RedEarth too.
Chief RedEarth, you have a great imagination, I think I can see the resemblance a bit.
Spotted on Dec 11, 2009
Submitted on Jun 9, 2012
