please help identify

connorhirst
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please help identify Sept 24, 2019 2:36:20 GMT -8

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Post by connorhirst on Sept 24, 2019 2:36:20 GMT -8

Hi,

could anyone please help me identify this butterfly?

many thanks

int.search.myway.com/search/AJimage.jhtml?&enc=0&n=78589b34&p2=%5EY6%5Echr999%5ETTAB02%5E&pg=AJimage&pn=1&ptb=F4FC32D9-05FE-471E-8280-BD47B9DD234D&qs=&searchfor=castnia+icarus&si=&ss=sub&st=tab&tpr=sbt&trs=wtt&imgs=1p&filter=on&imgDetail=true

Adam Cotton Moderator Posts: 3,496 Country: Thailand	please help identify Sept 24, 2019 3:16:40 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 24, 2019 3:16:40 GMT -8 If you mean the first image on the left it is not a butterfly, it is a moth of family Castniidae. Adam.

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please help identify Sept 24, 2019 3:46:44 GMT -8

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Post by bobw on Sept 24, 2019 3:46:44 GMT -8

Yes, the moth Adam identified as a Castniidae is, as the search history on the right suggests, Castnia icarus (Cramer, [1775]). The name icarus is in fact a junior homonym and therefore invalid, it has been replaced by the name Castnia invaria volitans Lamas, 1995, although we are currently working on a revision of the genus and that name will almost certainly change.

Post by connorhirst on Sept 24, 2019 2:36:20 GMT -8

Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 24, 2019 3:16:40 GMT -8

Post by bobw on Sept 24, 2019 3:46:44 GMT -8