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Aburina uniformis Swinhoe

*Thermesia nigripalpis *Hampson, 1898, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 456, praeocc.

Tochara uniformis Swinhoe, 1919, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 4: 126.

Diagnosis

The facies is similar to that of Ugia species, but the build is more slender, and the elongate labial palps are dark brown, contrasting with the ochreous fawn of the rest of the insect. The submarginals are not stepped as in Ugia and allies.

Geographical Range

Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand (VK), N.E. Himalaya.

Habitat Preference

A female has been taken in alluvial forest at 70m, near the foot of G. Mulu, and a male has been taken at 350m in dipterocarp forest in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei. There is also a specimen without precise data from G. Marapok in Sabah.

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