miranda

3) Sp. miranda (Butler, 1869)¹⁾

Ssp. neomiranda (Fruhstorfer, 1903)

= annae Deslisle, 1988

Ssp. hayamii Kobayashi, 1991

This species is found in Sumatra and Kalimantan(=Borneo) Islands and is the largest species in Amphrysus-Species-Group. The number of individuals occurring at each locality is very small. Three subspecies are known now.

(Distribution) [DCD 22]

Greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra Is., Kalimantan (=Borneo) Is.)

(Vertical distribution)

0 – 2, 000 m. a. s. l.

(Spotted pattern)

♂: The ground color of FW is glossy black, and the two subspecies (nominotypical ssp. and ssp. hayamii ) from Kalimantan (=Borneo) Is. have a beautiful dark blue or violet-blue flush over the basal area, and the short and minute whitish vein-stripes are present from subapical to submarginal areas. HW is peculiar, elongated shape, with semi-translucent golden scales, surrounding a broad black marginal border with black marginal projections. The neck is yellow (rarely black). No red hair tufts on lateral thorax. The upper surface of abdomen is pale yellowish brown with a brown patch in the middle, under surface is yellow.

♀: FW is chocolate-colored or dark brown, depending on subspecies, with fine wing vein-stripes from subapical area to submarginal area as in ♂. On the HW, yellow markings are very small due to the broad dark wing basal area, the dark discal spots enough to almost cover the wing spaces and the broad outer marginal border. The neck is yellow and there are no red hair tufts on the lateral thorax. The upper surface of abdomen is blackish brown but blackened in Sumatran subspecies. The underside of abdomen is yellow in subspecies from Kalimantan (=Borneo) Is., but in Sumatran subspecies it is blackish brown up to the 6^th abdominal segment and yellow apically.

(Larval foodplant)

Aristolochia foveolata.⁷⁾