Image of Acolutha albipunctata Holloway ♂
Image of Acolutha albipunctata Holloway ♀

Acolutha albipunctata Holloway

Acolutha albipunctata Holloway, 1976: 74.

Diagnosis

This is the largest Bornean species and shows strong sexual dimorphism, the females being shaded dark grey where the males are reddish brown. The two oblique pale bars subapically in the forewing costa are whitish.

Taxonomic Notes

A. plumbipicta West comb. n. from the mountains of Luzon, Philippines, has similar facies, but the grey costal and marginal zone of the forewing is more interrupted by yellow and generally broader. The fasciae are somewhat less sinuous.

Geographical Range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia (FRIM colln).

Habitat Preference

The species is only known from G. Kinabalu, where it occurs infrequently from 1930m to 2600m.

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Species (3)


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