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Fam. Hypsidae. Moderate size, colours conspicuous. Legs smooth<br />

with spurs, proboscis present. Larva hairy, brightly coloured, feeds openly<br />

by day but rarely attacked by birds. Pupate in leaves in soil. About 50<br />

species recorded in India, about 10 in Maharashtra,<br />

H. alciphron. Forewing blackish brown, white streaks, orange at<br />

base with 5 spots, hindwing orange, black spotted. Exp. 62-76 mm. Larva<br />

with black and yellow lines feeds on Ficus, droppings making perceptible<br />

sound. Diagama spp. Dusky, black spots in forewing, hindwing orange.<br />

Exp. 36 mm. Larva pest on Caressa. A. cribraria. (सरवटाचणी)

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