unknown butterfly

Eric or Pat Metzler spruance at infinet.com
Fri Jul 3 21:55:23 EDT 1998


Ferdi wrote:
> 
> the last February I found an
> unknown butterfly in Guyane. Is there someone to help me to identify it?
> I have a picture at this adress :
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cogelog/lepidopt/buterfly.htm
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Ferdi

The upper photograph is most probably Hyalurga partita (early 1900's
nomenclature), an arctiidae moth.

The lower photo is most probably a Dioptinae moth, genus Dioptis (early
1900's nomenclature) (family Notodontidae).

Both are moths - no club on the end of the antennae.

Good luck,

Eric Metzler


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