Image of Atacira ?caesia Roepke ♂ (Sulawesi)
♂ (Sulawesi)
Image of Atacira ?caesia Roepke ♂

Atacira ?caesia Roepke comb. n.

Bombotelia caesia Roepke, 1938, Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg . 14 (13): 19. 72.

Diagnosis

A large species with pale purplish grey forewings, a prominent angled dark medial and a large subapical costal triangle.

Geographical range

Sulawesi, ? Borneo (a single specimen, tentatively attributed and illustrated with typical caesia on the Plate, but too worn for certain identification).

Habitat preference

The Bornean specimen was taken in alluvial forest at Long Pala, G. Mulu National Park.

Genitalia:

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Species (16)


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