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amitray Kolkata, India Oct 18, 2009

A day-flying moth basking on a leaf. Photographed at Kolkata, India in January 1986. Can anyone identify it please. Thanks.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 18, 2009

This is a day-flying moth in the family Arctiidae; it appears to be a handmaiden moth, Amata cyssea - see http://tinyurl.com/yjw5uhg for an image and more information. There is another species, Syntomoides imaon, that can be very similar in appearance - see http://tinyurl.com/ykfgbm3 for an image.

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amitray Kolkata, India Oct 19, 2009

Thanks, suunto. I am sure it is Handmaiden Moth (Amata cyssea).

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