Appearance
Male with a large tuft of hair arising from the base of tibia of fore leg. Differs from "Nyctemera tripunctaria" in the lower three spots of the post-medial band of fore wing being separated and having another spot below them towards outer angle. Cilia white below the apex and at outer angle. Hind wing with the cilia white below the apex, and in most specimens at anal angle. The Sri Lankan subspecies has black veins 3 and 4 of hind wing and the spots of the postmedial band of fore wing are smaller than other subspecies.Larva hairy and purplish. Anterior somites yellowish. Each somite is black and marked with short dorsal and lateral white streaks. Pupa yellowish and spotted with black.
Naming
It contains four subspecies:⤷ "Nyctemera coleta coleta"
⤷ "Nyctemera coleta melaneura"
⤷ "Nyctemera coleta melas" Röber, 1891
⤷ "Nyctemera coleta nigrovenosa" Moore, 1879
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