Arrhapa robinsoni Swinhoe comb. n.

Carea robinsoni Swinhoe, 1903, in Annandale & Robinson, Fasc. Malay., 1: 75.

Diagnosis and taxonomic note

The dull, dark, purplish red forewings with white markings distally, in combination with white hindwings with a grey apex, are distinctive.

The forewing submarginal white dots follow a similar course to the dark ones in frontalis; the male genitalia also share the generic features.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The single Bornean specimen seen was taken at Samarinda in the lowlands of Kalimantan.

Genitalia: