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Tai LA
08-Jun-2018, 10:24 AM
Posting on behalf of my Indonesian friend, Mr Sugianto Tjandra

https://s15.postimg.cc/acsmd1aev/23856568-22_E9-475_B-98_E2-01_F821_B21717.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/acsmd1aev/)
atronox
08-Jun-2018, 04:03 PM
It's a moth, Callidula sp.
Psyche
08-Jun-2018, 09:25 PM
Should be correct as Callidula sakuni.

As stated in the text under A. sumatrensis. the lower of the two FW silvery discal spots is triangular & well separated from the upper one .
In. A sakuni, the lower spot is narrower, & the two spots are almost co-linear.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_2_1.php
A. sumatrensis.
https://farm9.static.flickr.com/8207/8203766517_8a495b05f1_b.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4133/35499941142_8350722070_b.jpg

A. sakuni.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiud/14790378492/
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3547/3339912503_f66d402f82_b.jpg
The examples below are all C. sakuni.
http://www.phuketnaturetours.com/Pages/iframephotos.php?level=tribe&choice=64396010003&ordername=Lepidoptera&orderid=64&familyname=Callidulidae&familyid=64396&subfamilyname=Callidulinae&subfamilyid=6439601&tribename=Callidula

TL Seow: Cheers.
Tai LA
08-Jun-2018, 10:42 PM
Thank you, Dr Seow!