# Callidula

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Genus of moths

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Callidula Callidula evander Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Callidulidae Subfamily: Callidulinae Genus: Callidula Hübner, [1819] Synonyms Cleis Guérin-Méneville, [1831] Datanga Moore, 1879 Petavia Horsfield, [1828]

***Callidula*** is a genus of moths of the family [Callidulidae](/source/Callidulidae). It holds a strong resemblance to another genus in the [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) Order, that being *[Pterodecta](/source/Pterodecta)*.

## Behaviour

These butterfly-moths are most often seen in May, and the least seen in September.

## Distribution

This genus of butterfly-moths is exclusive to East and Southeastern parts of Asia. The countries it inhabits are as follows: Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, China, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, and Taiwan.

## Species

- *[Callidula arctata](/source/Callidula_arctata)* (Butler, 1877)

- *[Callidula aruana](/source/Callidula_aruana)* (Butler, 1877)

- *[Callidula atata](/source/Callidula_atata)* (Swinhoe, 1909)

- *[Callidula aureola](/source/Callidula_aureola)* (Swinhoe, 1905)

- *[Callidula biplagiata](/source/Callidula_biplagiata)* (Butler, 1887)

- *[Callidula dichroa](/source/Callidula_dichroa)* (Boisduval, 1832)

- *[Callidula erycinoides](/source/Callidula_erycinoides)* (Felder, 1874)

- *[Callidula evander](/source/Callidula_evander)* (Stoll, [1780])

- *[Callidula fasciata](/source/Callidula_fasciata)* (Butler, 1877)

- *[Callidula hypoleuca](/source/Callidula_hypoleuca)* Butler, 1887

- *[Callidula jucunda](/source/Callidula_jucunda)* Felder, 1874

- *[Callidula kobesi](/source/Callidula_kobesi)* Holloway, 1998

- *[Callidula lata](/source/Callidula_lata)* (Pagenstecher, 1887)

- *[Callidula lunigera](/source/Callidula_lunigera)* Butler, 1879

- *[Callidula miokensis](/source/Callidula_miokensis)* (Pagenstecher, 1884)

- *[Callidula nenia](/source/Callidula_nenia)* Druce, 1888

- *[Callidula nigresce](/source/Callidula_nigresce)* (Butler, 1887)

- *[Callidula oceanitis](/source/Callidula_oceanitis)* (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

- *[Callidula petavius](/source/Callidula_petavius)* (Stoll, 1781)

- *[Callidula plagalis](/source/Callidula_plagalis)* (Felder, 1874)

- *[Callidula plioxantha](/source/Callidula_plioxantha)* (Kirsch, 1877)

- *[Callidula posticalis](/source/Callidula_posticalis)* (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])

- *[Callidula propinqua](/source/Callidula_propinqua)* (Butler, 1877)

- *[Callidula sakuni](/source/Callidula_sakuni)* (Horsfield, [1828])

- *[Callidula sumatrensis](/source/Callidula_sumatrensis)* Pagenstecher, 1887

- *[Callidula versicolor](/source/Callidula_versicolor)* (Felder, 1874)

- *[Callidula waterstradti](/source/Callidula_waterstradti)* Holloway, 1998

## External links

- [Callidula at funet](http://www.ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/calliduloidea/callidulidae/callidulinae/callidula/index.html)

- [Callidula at the Moths of Borneo](http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_2.php)

Taxon identifiers Callidula Wikidata: Q5022091 Wikispecies: Callidula ADW: Callidula ButMoth: 4716.0 CoL: 924CL EoL: 47667 GBIF: 1939530 iNaturalist: 322495 Insecta.pro: 28033 LepIndex: 78405 NCBI: 998841 Open Tree of Life: 43863

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