Atacira flaviluna Hampson comb. n.

Eutelia flaviluna Hampson, 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 377.

Diagnosis

The forewing facies of this species is atypical of the genus, being mauve-grey with diffuse paler banding and a pale yellowish reniform.

The male genitalia are typical however.

Geographical range

Singapore (holotype ♂ (H.N. Ridley) only), Borneo.

There is a suspicion that some Ridley material labelled ‘Singapore’ may in fact be from Borneo (Holloway 1983: 98).

Habitat preference

One Bornean specimen taken in dry heath forest (kerangas) at Telisai in Brunei, and two further ones by Major T.P.G. Helps in mangrove at Hutan Simpang Salirong and the Sungei Selanjak, Brunei.

Taxonomic Note

*Atacira *flaviluna has been reared from the mangrove Bruguiera (Rhizophoraceae) in the Andamans (Robinson et al., 2001), supporting the association with mangrove indicated by two of the three specimens noted in Part 14.