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Speiredonia
mutabilis Fabricius
Noctua
mutabilis Fabricius, 1794, Ent. Syst. III,
2: 12.
Sericia
anops Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid.
7:
173.
Sericia
mutabilis Fabricius; Holloway, 1976: 34.
Diagnosis.
The species is easily distinguished from congeners by its much sparser
fasciation, very irregular ocellar looping without blue inside, and a generally
purplish brown tint, particularly when fresh.
Geographical
range. Indo-Australian tropics east to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New
Caledonia.
Habitat
preference. A single specimen has been recorded in recent surveys, from
1930m on G. Kinabalu.
Biology.
Common (1990) gave Acacia (Leguminosae) as a larval host plant.
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