About Ramadasa pavo (Walker, 1856)
This species, Ramadasa pavo, has a wingspan of 45 mm in males and 50 mm in females. In male specimens, the forewing has veins 3, 4, and 5 curved at their bases. The membrane within the cell and the interno-median interspace is slightly ridged, a feature that is likely used for stridulation. The head and thorax are covered in mottled grey-brown scales. The frons is marked with bars of orange and metallic blue-black. The abdomen is orange. The basal area of the forewings is greyish, mottled with brown. The costa is orange, and bears five blue-black spots. An oblique medial black line is present, with vinous (wine-colored) suffusion along its outer edge. The outer area of the forewing is pale chestnut. The reniform spot is large and incomplete; it is outlined on its upper and inner sides by black and violet. The upper part of its outer edge is outlined by a black line, which terminates in a red speck, with two black specks positioned below it. A black striga runs from the costa to the reniform spot. Beyond this striga, a blue-black band extends from the costa to vein 6, where it bends outwards as a streak reaching the wing margin. A series of black and white sub-marginal specks is present on the forewing. The hindwings are orange.
