| Callidula | |
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| Callidula evander | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Callidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Callidulinae |
| Genus: | Callidula Hübner, [1819] |
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Callidula is a genus of moths of the family Callidulidae. It holds a strong resemblance to another genus in the Lepidoptera Order, that being 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 (Butler, 1877)
- Callidula aruana (Butler, 1877)
- Callidula atata (Swinhoe, 1909)
- Callidula aureola (Swinhoe, 1905)
- Callidula biplagiata (Butler, 1887)
- Callidula dichroa (Boisduval, 1832)
- Callidula erycinoides (Felder, 1874)
- Callidula evander (Stoll, [1780])
- Callidula fasciata (Butler, 1877)
- Callidula hypoleuca Butler, 1887
- Callidula jucunda Felder, 1874
- Callidula kobesi Holloway, 1998
- Callidula lata (Pagenstecher, 1887)
- Callidula lunigera Butler, 1879
- Callidula miokensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
- Callidula nenia Druce, 1888
- Callidula nigresce (Butler, 1887)
- Callidula oceanitis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
- Callidula petavius (Stoll, 1781)
- Callidula plagalis (Felder, 1874)
- Callidula plioxantha (Kirsch, 1877)
- Callidula posticalis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
- Callidula propinqua (Butler, 1877)
- Callidula sakuni (Horsfield, [1828])
- Callidula sumatrensis Pagenstecher, 1887
- Callidula versicolor (Felder, 1874)
- Callidula waterstradti Holloway, 1998