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Suana
concolor Walker
Lebeda
concolor Walker, 1855, List Specimens Lepid. Insects Colln Br Mus.,
6: 1463.
Lebeda
bimaculata Walker, 1855, Ibid., 6: 1463.
Suana
ampla Walker, 1855. Ibid. 6: 1502.
Suana
cervina Moore, 1879, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 410.
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Suana
concolor  (Java)
(natural
size)
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Suana
concolor 
(Java)
(natural
size)
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Diagnosis.
See generic features and description of Suana
sundana sp. n.
Taxonomic
note. The
species is variable, constant in that variability throughout its range
except in Sri Lanka, where the male hindwing is more triangular; the name cervina
Moore is applicable.
Geographical
range. India and Sri Lanka to S. China, Java, Borneo and the
Philippines.
Habitat
preference. Bornean material has been taken from lowland localities
e.g. Bidi and the Baram in Sarawak and Labi and Seria in Brunei.
Biology.
The larva is described in the generic account. Pupation is in a large
stout, spindle-shaped silken cocoon.
Recorded
host-plants (Gardner, 1941; Pholboon, 1965; Browne, 1968; Yunus & Ho,
1980; Bell, MS; CIE records) are in the families Barringtoniaceae (Careya),
Bombacaceae (Ceiba), Burseraceae (Canarium),
Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea), Fagaceae (Castanea), Lauraceae (Cinnamomum,
Litsea, Persea), Leguminosae (Acacia, Albizia, Cassia)
Malvaceae (Gossypuim, Hibiscus). Myrsinaceae (Embelia), Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus, Psidium,
Syzygium), Rutaceae (Citrus), Sonneratiaceae (Sonneratia),
Sterculiaceae (Theobroma), Theaceae (Camellia, Schima), and
Verbenaceae (Tectona). But this list is probably not exhaustive.
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