Atacira dimidiata Walker comb. n.

Eutelia dimidiata Walker, [1863] 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 66.

Diagnosis

The forewing ground is a uniform purplish grey of a bluer tone than in approximata, and the fasciae are of more even intensity, generally faint though the angled medial is slightly darker than the rest; the subapical costal triangle is bordered interiorly by a narrow, slightly paler, oblique zone.

Taxonomic note

The species is barely separable in facies from [Phlogophora] triangulatrix Wileman & West; this taxon is therefore placed as A. dimidiata triangulatrix Wileman & West comb. & stat. n.

Geographical range

Sundaland; Philippines, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

The species has been taken in lowland rainforest but too infrequently for a clear preference in Borneo to be indicated.