I saw it last night while walking the nature trail out at camp. I've never noticed a moth of this design before. When I got home I looked it up. There wasn't much to find.
Haploa Clymene is a little bit unusual because it is active both day and night. If he had spread his wings, we would have seen a beautiful orange-buff or yellow color underneath.
There were several figures in Greek mythology who went by the name of Clymene, the most prominent of which was the mother of Prometheus and Atlas. I'm not sure why this moth got this particular name, however.
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