Taxonomy

Image: Holotype, Java Telawa. The holotype of Rhodoneura chrysothalama Meyrick, 1934: 539 is in the NHM (Mi7379), ms. comb. n. to Hypolamprus (Shaffer, 1992 LepIndex).

Description

16mm. A small brown species closely resembling H. bastialis. The reticulate patterning shows few distinct fasciae except on the terminal and apical areas. The FW apex has a small triangular area containing two small dark spots as in H. bastialis. The NHM series contains two morphotypes, one closely resembling the illustrated holotype, the other from Dumoga Bone NP (Hogsback Camp, 492m), is slightly larger (19.5mm), more closely resembling Hypolamprus sp. 9 than the holotype (Plate 5, Fig. 149a).

Distribution & Habitat

W. Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi. Lowland and hill forest and disturbed areas; <1080m.

Life History & Pest Status

The holotype was found as a larva, feeding on leaves of the kalumpit tree (Terminalia edulis) Combretaceae (LepIndex).

Similar spp.

Rhodoneura melilialis Swinhoe, 1900: 312 (not illustrated here) from Australia (Q) & New Guinea is similar. See H. bastialis for differences from that species and H. bracteata.