Andraca apodecta Swinhoe

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 19: 49.

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 85.

Diagnosis

The male is a deep rich brown, the darker fascia and discal spot having pale grey scales associated with them.

The female is larger, paler, but similarly fasciated.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species has only been taken on G. Kinabalu between 1000m and 1800m (lower to upper montane forest).

Biology

In Sumatra the larva has been recorded as a defoliator of tea (Camellia; Theaceae (Roepke, 1924)).

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