Dordura aliena

Dordura aliena Walker, 1865)
(formerly known as Hypaetra aliena)
CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth of this species has grey-brown wings with a purple sheen. The wings have vague markings, including. a dark triangle near the tip of each forewing. The females are darker than the males. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

female, drawing by George F. Hampson, listed as Dysgonia tincta,
Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon, Part 9 (1893), Plate CLXV, fig. 3,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species occurs across south-east Asia, including

Borneo,

India,

and in Australia in

Queensland.

drawing by Frederic Moore, listed as Dordura apicalis,
Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson,
Part 2 (1882), Plate V, fig. 20,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library

Further reading :

George Francis Hampson,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon,
Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum,
Part 9 (1893), p. 112, and also Plate 165, fig. 3.

Frederic Moore,
Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson,
Asiatic Society of Bengal,
Part 1 (1882), p. 170, and also Part 2 (1882), plate 5, fig. 20.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 33, Supplement part 3 (1865), p. 964.

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(written 7 April 2015, updated 19 August 2019)