| Tetragonus catamitus | |
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| From the Western Ghats | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Callidulidae |
| Genus: | Tetragonus |
| Species: | T. catamitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetragonus catamitus Geyer, 1832 |
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Tetragonus catamitus is a moth of the Callidulidae family. It is found in tropical Asia. They are day-flying moths that can be easily mistaken for a butterfly due to the position in which they hold their wings.
The larvae feed on ferns Drynaria and possibly Pteridium species.
The head, thorax and abdomens are dark yellowish and reddish-brown. The wings are yellowish and reddish brown. The hindwing is more uniform reddish-brown. On the underside are dark striations and both the forewing and hindwing have three grey spots in the discal cell. There are four pale rufous bands along the medial, postmedial, submarginal region.[1]
Noted from northeastern India, southwest India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, the Tenasserim Hills (Burma) and Java.[2]