Species name

Glanycus coendersi Kalis

Taxonomy

Geographical
range

Malay Peninsular, Sumatra; Java; Brunei; Sabah; Sarawak; Kalimantan; Mokuccas. Lowland to montane (1600m)

Distribution map

Flying season

Larvae of the colsely related G. insolitus Walker have been recorded on Liquidamber formosana (Hamamelidaceae) in Hong Kong.

Biology

Remark

Easily distinguished from G. tricolor by the conspicuous red coloration on the wings. The closely related G. insolitus Walker also has this coloration bu has smaller and more numerous dark brown spots on the hindwing. G. insolitus is kown from India, Taiwan and Thailand, with a single record from Singapore. (Smaller Moths of SE Asia p 125)
Glanycus ranges from China and India to Borneo. It consists of six species, all with fenestrae on at least the hindwings and with bright orange/red and brown/brack coloration. This coloration is in all probability aposematic and the species are presumably distasteful to predators.

Malay Peninsular

Borneo
Sabah

Male genitalia

Female genitalia

References

A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, by G.S. Robinson et al page 125