Moth/fly
February 24, 2010
Was seen in Goa India in January this year
GMT58
Central Goa, India
Dear GMT58,
This is surely a gorgeous Wasp Moth, one of the Arctiid Moths in, we suspect, the Tribe Euchromiini. We quickly found a matching photograph on the India Nature Watch website, and they are identified as Day Flying Moths, Euchromia elegantissima, with a link to the Moths of Borneo website. The Cambodian Bugs website also has some photos of this elegant beauty.
Hi Daniel,
Thanks ever so much for your help,
regards,
Tony
Correction: January 23, 2014
We just received a comment indicating that this is actually a different species in the same genus: Euchromia polymena. We located a photo on the TrekNature that supports that comment.
Abdomen in this case is ringed basally with red, followed by two segments of blue and then two ringed red and finally one blue. It is Euchromia polymena and not Euchromia elegantissima. Both exist in India. The link to the Moths of Borneo website in the answer mentions both species.
Thanks for this clarification. We will update the posting.
Also found in Kerala. Thanks for the information
We just spotted/photographed one (Polymena) in Kandy, Sri Lanka — June 17, 2022. Yellow on wings slightly less vivid, more ochre. Thank you so much for helping us identify!