Ixias kuehni

MORPHOLOGY


External characteristics


Male 

Forewings: The forewing upper side has an orange coloured marking, that reaches to the marginal band, and the outer half of the dorsum is pale yellow coloured (Yata and Morishita, 1979). 

Female  
The black coloured marginal band is larger and conspicuous (Yata and Morishita, 1979).  

Subspecies and variation

 
No subspecies. Two female forms are known; the first form has a white ground-colour on the upper side wing surface and the subapical band is reddish orange; the second form has a greenish yellow ground-colour and the subapical band is reddish orange (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Similar species

The wing markings of this species are similar to those of Ixias reinwardti and I. vollenhovii (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

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