Artona pluristrigata Hampson

Artona pluristrigata Hampson, 1907, Novit. zool., 14: 328.

Image of Artona pluristrigata Hampson ♀ (Holotype)
♀ (Holotype)

Diagnosis

This is a robust species with pale yellow and black wings, where black on the veins produces a fine, longitudinally striate pattern on the pale yellow ground. The base of the hindwing is more broadly yellow. The distal two-thirds of the abdomen are dull orange. Its placement in Artona is discussed in the generic account.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The only specimen seen is the holotype female from Pulo Laut, a low-lying island off the south-east of Borneo.


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