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Olepa ricini or Pericallia ricini
Has the wild cat pattern on the wings. While it was flying, I could see a coral red color on its body and inner side of the wings. It caught my attention effortlessly.
Spotted on Jul 28, 2011
Submitted on Jul 28, 2011
6 Comments
Right. It is arctiinae. I got the ID.
Its distant relative find on following link....
http://www.pybio.org/01/ARCTIINAE.htm
Thanks Nicole. You should see the white one (Fairy). It's stunning!
Ashish, thanks! I will use those charts. :)
Here is hugh list to verify...
http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageG...
may be Hypercompe sp.
Whatever it is - it's beautiful!
Lovely photos!