Atacira chalybsa Hampson comb. n.

Penicillaria chalybsa Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 16, 80; ♂ [INDIA] 'Nilgiri district, 3000ft' hereby designated LECTOTYPE.

Diagnosis

The ground colour is fawn, shaded with slightly darker grey.

The postmedial is very fine, pale, crenulate, and the antemedial is distinctly darker at the dorsum.

Geographical range

Oriental tropics to Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The single Bornean specimen seen was taken at Bidi, Sarawak, a lowland locality.