Creteus cyrina

 

MORPHOLOGY

The descriptions below are on the genus level. For difference between the species we recommend to look at the pictures or look up the original species description.

 

External characteristics

Forewing length (mm): 20-23.

General morphology:
Antennae longer than half of length of forewing, club yellow-banded, apiculus hooked, nudum 16 segments. Palpi peculiar, very long, stout and porrect. Forewing elongate-triangular, costa almost straight, termen slightly curved, hind margin as long as termen. Hindwing termen evenly rounded, but slightly protruding at tornus, inner margin almost as long as costa.

Wing coloration:

Upper side: Upper side forewing dark brown with small white hyaline spots, including two in cell. Upper side hindwing dark brown with four small hyaline spots, tornally narrowly yellow. 

Underside: Underside forewing upper side, but apical half lighter brown and narrow pale-yellow or white from tornus along termen to halfway termen. Underside hindwing as upper side, but tornal yellow (in female also white) more extensive.

Secondary sexual characters:

 
Male with obscure narrow brand along middle of vein CuA2 znd on upper side hindwing a hair tuft before inner margin.  

Species

 
One species, only known from NE. India, N. Thailand and Borneo.

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