Klug's Xenica Female, Wings, upper | Klug's Xenica Male, Wings, upper | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Brown Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) | ||||
Species: | Klug's Xenica (Geitoneura klugii) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Female, Wings, under🔎 | ||||
Other name: | Marbled Xenica | ||||
General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere While generally females are paler (particularly the dark patch under the forewing), this is not a reliable diagnostic feature. However, the males have an additional band on their upper forewings which is absent in females. This "sex band" can appear silver in the right lighting conditions. Similar Species: Black-rimmed Brown (Heteronympha merope ssp merope) : Orange-spotted Sun Moth (Synemon parthenoides ssp parthenoides) | |||||
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