A key
to all the studied species have been formulated and given below:
1. Abdomen
covered with orange yellow scales
É............................................... mona (Swinhoe) comb. nov.
– Abdomen
covered with crimson
scales............................................................................................................2
2. Frons,
vertex, thorax, tegula, collar and forewing with general ground colour dark
brown to pale brown; male
genitalia with vesica bearing two patches of spines
..............................................................................3
– Frons,
vertex, thorax, tegula, collar and forewing with general ground colour white to
ochreous; male genitalia with
vesica bearing more or less than two patches of
spines...........................................................4
3. Hindwing
with ground colour fuscus; abdomen with dorsal series of black spots; male
genitalia with vinculum broad u-shaped; carina penis double
spined...............................castanea (Hampson) comb. nov.
– Hindwing
with ground colour ochreous, costal and inner margin crimson; abdomen with
dorsal, lateral and sublateral series of black spots; male genitalia with
vinculum v-shaped; carina penis convex lens like ................bifascia Hampson comb. rev.
4. Male
genitalia with tegumen as long as uncus; vesica irrorated with small spines, a
well formed patch of spines
absent...................................................................................................................................................5
– Male
genitalia with tegumen longer than uncus; vesica with well formed patch or
patches of spines.............6
5. Abdomen
with dorsal and lateral series of black spots; male genitalia with vinculum
longer than tegumen, v-shaped; costa produced to an outgrowth towards proximal
endÉÉÉ.....É....ÉÉÉ.coorgensis sp. nov.
– Abdomen
with dorsal, lateral and sublateral series of black spots; male genitalia with
vinculum shorter than tegumen, u-shaped; costa simple and
linear..........................................................................obliqua (Walker)
6. Abdomen
with black spots obsolete; male genitalia with aedeagus curved, carina penis in
form of single
large
spine; vesica with single patch of
spines....................................................................casigneta (Kollar)
– Abdomen
with dorsal and lateral series of black spots; male genitalia with aedeagus
almost straight, carina penis absent; vesica with three patches of
spines................................................ todara (Moore) comb. rev.