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Odonestis
vita Moore
Odonestis vita Moore, in Horsfield & Moore, 1859: 424.
Odonestis vita Moore; Tams, 1935: 58.
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Odonestis vita 
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size)
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Diagnosis. This and the next species are more orange-red than the two
previous, and both have irregular, rather than straight, postmedials. In
vita the white discal spot and the fasciae are more indefinite than in the
other species.
Taxonomic notes. Several subspecies were described by Tams (1935), the
typical race being that from Sundaland. The Philippines subspecies tend in
their genitalia morphology towards the new Bornean species described
below.
Geographical range. Indian subregion to Sundaland, Philippines.
Habitat preference. The species has been taken in the lowlands but is not
common.
Biology. The larva has been recorded on Eugenia, Psidium (Myrtaceae) and
Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) in Thailand (Pholboon, 1965). Yunus & Ho
(1980) also recorded Psidium.
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