Image of Adites frigida Walker ♂

Adites frigida Walker comb. n.

Doliche frigida Walker, 1854, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 2: 530.

Lyclene diffusa Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 111.

Diagnosis

This and the next species are rather different in facies to the rest of the genus, with the darker forewing markings a reddish grey and extending more broadly into the white areas such that these are largely obscured except for white wedges at the margin and a sinuous row of white dots in the postmedial area. This grey suffusion is more extensive in fridiga, but the hindwings are a paler grey.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

This is a rare lowland species in Borneo, the only recently taken specimen seen being from dipterocarp forest at 300m in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (14)


Copyright © Southdene Sdn. Bhd. All rights reserved. info@mothsofborneo.com