Arctiidae Footmen, Tiger and Ermine moths  
These are some of the most brightly coloured moths I find- either because they are poisonous or they mimic species which are. If you are a potential predator I guess you don't bother finding out which.
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Arctiidae, Argina argus in the zoo on the last night of the old millenium Argina argus Cyana bianca (female)  (Lithosiinae) Cyana bellissima (male)

 

These Handmaidens are day flying moths usually found in long grasses (Syntominae, Ceryx imaon)   Cyana coccinea f. flavotincta (male)Lithosiinae
Eressa confinis, Arctiidae, Synotominae

Lithosiinae) - Lyclene spec.

Lithosiinae) - Lyclene spec. Eugoa basipuncta(Lithosiinae)

Lithosiinae, Garudinia spec. (a new species?) Cyana hamata (female)

 

Arctiinae - Tatargina picta (Walker, [1865], 1864)(Deiopeia)

Lithosiinae, Macrobrochis prasena
   
Nyctemera coleta, a day-flying moth of the Marbled White group. Common in secondary growth Aloa lactinea  Creatonotos transiens  (Arctiinae) Cyana bellissima (female)

 

 Barsine eccentropis Hesudra spec. Cyana catorhoda (male)(Lithosiinae) Areas galactina 
Barsine gratiosa Lithosiinae Barsine maculifasciata  Lithosiinae - Macrobrochis prasena Macrobrochis gigas again
Amerila astreus                 (Arctiinae) Lyclene spec.   Lyclene spec. Lyclene spec. 
Lyclene spec.  Lemyra maculifascia  Cyana coccinea (male) Lithosiinae Rajendra tripartita 
Barsine cuneonotatus    Utetheisa sp. Argina astrea   Argina argus Kollar, [1844]
syntomine Arctid sp. Lemyra spec. Lemyra melli Vamuna remelana
 

 

Spilosoma spec.
Schistophleps spec.  Barsine euprepioides Adites frigida Macotasa costalis
  Barsine gratiosa Miltochrista spec. Lyclene spec.
Barsine euprepioides Barsine gratiosa  Barsine eccentropis  female of the Syntomid Caeneressa diaphana (Kollar, 1848).
  Creatonotos gangis Vamuna remelana  Vamuna remelana 
Utetheisa (Pitasila) varians Lyclene spec. Syntominae Lyclene spec.
Spilosoma multiguttata "Eilema" spec. female Lyclene spec. Cyana effracta
Lyclene spec. "Eilema" spec. male Brunia spec. Lyclene spec.
Lithosiinae Lemyra melli Lyclene spec. Barsine spec.
Macrobrochis sp. nr prasena (Lithosiinae) Macrobrochis sp. nr prasena (Lithosiinae)    
       
       
   
  Chrysorabdia bivitta Walker male Lithosinae    

Thanks to Rob de Vos for identifying as many non Syntomiinae species as the photographs would allow and also to Hsun-Cheng Chang, Martin Hough, Peter Kautt,  Felix Lin, David Lohman, Gabor Keresztes, Roger Kendrick, Peter Maddison, Dieter Stuening, David Tang and Shen-Horn Yen  for their help with identification

The mistakes are all my own work