listed as Synemon graciosa
drawing by Westwood, lithographed by P.C. Berjeau, printed by Hanhart,
A monograph of the Lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied groups,
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series (Zoology),
Volume 1 (1877), Plate XXXIII, fig. 13,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

The adult moth of this species has pale grey-brown forewings each with substantial dark brown markings. The hindwings are scarlet, each with variable dark brown markings, including dark brown margins sometimes containing a submarginal arc of pale spots. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species has been found in

listed as Synemon graciosa
drawing by Strand, lithograph by Hochdanz Co., printed by Werner & Winter, for Seitz
in The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), Plate 1, fig c7,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

Further reading :

John O. Westwood,
A monograph of the Lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied groups,
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series (Zoology),
Volume 1 (1877), p. 198, and also Plate 33, fig. 13.

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(written 24 August 2018, updated 1 October 2026)