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Handmaiden Moth

Amata cyssea

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15 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

In the meanwhile I think it could be Amata cyssea, however, I am not as sure as I am in other spottings.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Sorry, Josef. I do not like to say No to an ID without having another solution. In this case I would personally say it is Amata sp.. Unfortunately there are not many trustable pictures on the web and these Amata are actually very tricky to separate. You have to look carefully at each spot, the distance to other spots, the size of these spots and consider female and male dimorphism. We still have some wasp moths from the Philippines without an ID, although many people are looking for an ID. Looking for Amata was very difficult and at the end you were more confused the one step further. I will take a closer look at this one again.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 11 years ago

@ bayucca, Could you pl. suggest another I D. Thank you.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, check your ID, thanks.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

This is not Amata cyssea. Looks like being another Amata sp.
This one would be the correct Amata cyssea, ID provided by Peter Smetacek:
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayi...

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

welcome! :)

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 11 years ago

Thank you Uday..

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

great colour!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 11 years ago

Thanks for the comment Sachin Zaveri and misako too...

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 11 years ago

Thank you for your comment Leana Lahom-Cristobal

So pretty!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Beautiful,

misako
misako 11 years ago

beautiful!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 11 years ago

Thank you jillBlack

JillBlack
JillBlack 11 years ago

nice moth

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Kochi, Kerala, India

Spotted on Sep 25, 2012
Submitted on Sep 25, 2012

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