Lyssa zampa
{{For|the other similarly named moths|Nepheloleuca complicata|Swallow-tailed moth}}
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tropical-Swallowtail-Moth-01.jpg
| image_caption = Lyssa zampa. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| taxon = Lyssa zampa
| authority = Butler, 1869
| synonyms =
- Nyctalemon zampa Butler, 1869
- Nyctalemon crameri Boisduval, 1874
- Nyctalemon najabula Moore, 1877
- Nyctalemon docile Butler, 1877
- Nyctalemon dilutus Röber, 1927
}}
Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth or Laos brown butterfly, is a moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by British entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869.
The species is native to a wide range of tropical South-East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. It is also recorded from Andaman Islands, southern China, the Himalayas, and sporadically in East Asia: Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The forewing length is about {{convert|70|mm|in|abbr=on}} and the wingspan reaches a maximum of {{convert|160|mm|in|abbr=on}}.
It is most abundant from May to November depending on the location. The genus Lyssa is generally categorized as a nocturnal or crepuscular group, but this species has been found to be active both during the day and at night. This species is also known for its mass emergence and migration. Because of that ecology and the habit that they are often attracted by urban bright lights, this species can attract human attention. Sightings in urban areas is attributed to dry spells in forests.
The larvae feed on Endospermum and other members of the rubber tree family (Euphorbiaceae).
References
{{Reflist|refs =
{{Cite journal
| author = Arthur G. Butler
| title = Descriptions of species of Lepidoptera, confounded with others described by Linnæus and Fabricius
| journal = The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
| volume = 5
| page = 273
| year = 1869
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138455#page/307/mode/1up
}}
{{Cite book
| author = Jeremy Daniel Holloway
| chapter = SUBFAMILY URANIINAE Lyssa zampa Butler
| title = Part.8 Family Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae
| series = The Moths of Borneo
| volume = 8
| year = 1998
| publisher = Southdene
| url = https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/content.php
}}
{{Cite journal
| author = Anuj Jain
| author2 = Yi-Kai Tea
| title = Mass emergence of the tropical swallowtail moth Lyssa zampa (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae) in Singapore, with notes on its partial life history
| journal = Tropical Lepidoptera Research
| volume = 30
| issue = 1
| pages = 20–27
| year = 2020
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341188959
| doi = 10.5281/zenodo.3764165
}}
{{Cite journal
| author = Heon-Cheon Jeong
| author2 = Min Jee Kim
| author3 = Iksoo Kim
| author4 = Sei-Woong Choi
| title = A new record of Lyssa zampa (Butler) from Korea
| journal = Journal of Species Research
| volume = 5
| issue = 2
| pages = 220–222
| year = 2016
| doi = 10.12651/JSR.2016.5.2.220
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305671535
| doi-access = free
}}
{{Cite book
| editor = Yasunori Kishida
| title = The standard of moths in Japan 1
| publisher = Gakken
| page = 130
| year = 2011
| isbn = 9784054038455
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VETCOnhuzOkC&q=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AD%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%84%E3%83%90%E3%83%A1
}}
{{Cite web
| title = Tropical Swallowtail Moth (Lyssa zampa)
| website = iNaturalist
| url = https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130846-Lyssa-zampa
}}
{{Cite journal
| author = David C. Lees
| author2 = Neal G. Smith
| title = Foodplant associations of the Uraniinae (Uraniidae) and their systematic, evolutionary, and ecological significance
| journal = Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
| volume = 45
| issue = 4
| pages = 296–347
| year = 1991
| url = https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1990s/1991/1991-45%284%29296-Lees.pdf
}}
}}
{{Wikispecies|Lyssa}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Lyssa zampa|Lyssa zampa}}
- {{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/uraniinae/uraniinae_1_1.php |title=Lyssa zampa Butler |website=The Moths of Borneo |access-date=January 25, 2019}}
- {{Cite web|title = 大燕蛾 Lyssa zampa (Butler, 1869)|website = 台灣產蝶蛾圖鑑 DearLep|url = http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=429992&photo_id=c960d958e9fc6f06a732d61c1710bfd4}}
- {{Cite web|title = Lyssa zampa Butler オオツバメガ Cat.2940|website = Digital Moths of Japan|url = http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/68_Uraniidae/71.3_Uraniinae/framepage_uraniinae.html}}
- {{Cite web| title = Tropical Swallowtail Moth (Lyssa zampa)| website = iNaturalist| url = https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130846-Lyssa-zampa}}
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Category:Moths described in 1869
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