Tetragonus catamitus

Common butterfly moth
From the Western Ghats
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Callidulidae
Genus: Tetragonus
Species:
T. catamitus
Binomial name
Tetragonus catamitus
Geyer, 1832[1]
Synonyms
  • Cleosiris fasciata Moore, 1883

Tetragonus catamitus, the common butterfly moth,[2] or Philippine callidulid moth,[3] is a moth of the family Callidulidae. It was first described by Carl Geyer in 1832. Noted from Taiwan, north-eastern India, south-west India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, the Tenasserim Hills of Myanmar and from Java.[4] They are day-flying moths that can be easily mistaken for a butterfly due to the position in which they hold their wings.

  1. ^ Geyer (1832) Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge 4:17
  2. ^ "Butterfly Moth (Tetragonus catamitus, Callidulidae)". Flickr. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Philippine Callidulid Moth (Tetragonus catamitus)". 500px.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ^ Cotes, EC & C Swinhoe (1887). Catalogue of the Moths of India. Vol. 1. Indian Museum, Calcutta. p. 82.