Maltagorea rostaingi Group Comparison Plate
Updated as per Saturnafrica Fascicule #15, Basquin, March, 2013; January 30, 2014

Maltagorea rostaingi Group Comparison Plate

Maltagorea rostaingi male, Lakato, Madagascar,
courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

Maltagorea rostaingi female, 94mm,
Museum of Natural History, Paris

Maltagorea rostaingi male
Lakato; Masoala; Brickaville; Sahamamy; Anivorano

M. rostaingi male
northeastern, lower elevations

Note diffuse, pale pink-lilac, grey-white border outside entire forewing pm line; absence of dark spots in male fw.
can be reddish or beige-brown

Maltagorea mariae male
Moramanga S.P.; Lakato; 1100m

Maltagorea mariae female
Moramanga S.P.; Lakato; 1100m

pink to grey suffusions in pm area near apex but not along full length of pm line; many dark spots in pm area of all wings


M. pseudomariae male
Moramanga S.P.; 1100m


female unknown
M. pseudomariae female
Moramanga S.P.; 1100m

weak am line; weak median band; pm line straight; median area slightly lighter than rest of wing
dark spots in pm area weaker than in mariae, more grey surrounding those spots


M. altivola male
Ambositra, Ambatofitorahana, 1750m


M. altivola female
Ambositra, Ambatofitorahana, 1750m

male pm line very dark, pronounced, slightly convex
yellow-beige basal, subterminal and inner half of median area with darker brown out half of median area


M. ambahona male
Massif d'Ankarata, Ambatolampy SP; 1900m


female unknown
M. ambahona female
Massif d'Ankarata, Ambatolampy SP; 1900m

diffuse, dark, convex, pre-cell median band parts yellow-beige inner b/m area from dark brown outer m area; pm area beige with greyish-white suffusions near apex

Return to Maltagorea
Return to Main Index The genus name Maltagorea is a contraction of the Malagassy branch of the Tagoropsis / Pseudantherea group.

Mal from Malagassy Republic (Madagascar);
tago from Tagoropsis:
rea from Pseudantherea