Calindoea hypargyra Hampson
- Family: Thyrididae
- Subfamily: Siculodinae
- Tribe: Rhodoneurini
- Genus: Calindoea
- Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan.
- Habitat: Lowland and hill forest & secondary vegetation.
- Wing Length: 21mm
Taxonomy
Sabah, PHS, Canopy Walkway. The holotype of Rhodoneura hypargyra Hampson, 1893:357 is from Burma [Myanmar], (Tenasserim Valley, E. of Tavoy).
ms comb. n. to Calindoea (Shaffer, 1991 LepIndex).
Description
This is a relatively small, dainty silvery white species with a pale grey/brown reticulate fasciation more distinct in narrow bands parallel to the wing margins. The FW and HW apices have a row of small black spots. On the underside of the FW costa is a series of shiny golden scales, those on the retinaculum being particularly noticeable.
Similar Species
C.polygraphalis Walker is superficially similar with a gold scaled retinaculum but the underside of the FW costa has two lines of black and metallic silver-blue scales (n.b. Epaena spp. have no metallic scales on Un). C. anticalis Walker and C. naevina Moore look similar to C. hypargyra but have a small black and white ‘eye spot’ on the Un FW apex. They are best distinguished by their genitalia. See RTS.
