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Ommatophora
luminosa Cramer
Phalaena
luminosa Cramer, Uitlandsche Kapellen,
3: 147.
Ommatophora
luminosa Cramer; Holloway, 1976: 34.
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Ommatophora
luminosa 
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Mature
larvae of Ommatophora luminosa |
Diagnosis.
The shape of the ocellar mark of the forewing, rather like an upturned snail, is
the most prominent feature of the distinctive brown and indigo facies.
Geographical
range. Himalaya and Taiwan to Sundaland.
Habitat
preference. The species has been recorded from the lowlands to 2110m, but
is more frequent in montane forest.
Biology.
H.S. Barlow (pers. comm.)
has reared the larva from flowers of Bauhinia (Leguminosae).
It was a mottled and cryptically variegated pinkish brown and had dorsolateral
tubercles on A8 (Plate 28). It pupated in a light cocoon incorporating Bauhinia
petals, the adult emerging 16 days
from the commencement of pupation.
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