#glanycus

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Black & Red Picture-winged Leaf Moth (Glanycus insolitus), family Thyrididae, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

photograph by John Lenagan

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Picture-winged Leaf Moth (Glanycus coendersi), family Thyrididae, Mulu Marriott Resort, Gunung Mulu NP, Sarawak, Malaysia.

photograph by David Fischer

[libutron]

Glanycus coendersi 

If you like moths surely you'll love this one, its scientific name is Glanycus coendersi (Thyrididae) and is a diurnal moth distributed in Southeast Asia. It is small but extraordinarily striking for its aposematic coloration.

Reference: [1]

Photo credit: ©Alexey Yakovlev (CC BY-SA 2.0) | Locality: Crocker Range National Park, Borneo (2009)

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Glanycus coendersi 

Moths of the genus Glanycus (Thyrididae - Striglininae) ranges from China and India to Borneo. It consists of six species, all with fenestrae ("windows") on at least the hindwings and with bright orange/red and brown/brick coloration, probably aposematic (a warning that the moth is presumably distasteful to predators).

This striking species, Glanycus coendersi, distinguished by the conspicuous red coloration on the wings, occurs in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Malaku Islands.

Reference: [1]

Photo credit: ©Gan CW | Locality: Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia (2013)