Avitta guttulosa Swinhoe

Avitta guttulosa Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. east and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colln Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus., 2: 194.

Boethantha guttulosa Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. east and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colln Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus. Oxf. Univ. Mus., 2: 593.

Diagnosis

The ground colour of the forewing is dull yellow, clouded and marked with black. The reniform is finely and faintly evident, and other fasciae are obscure except for two interlocking rows of black, elliptical patches postmedially that become more evident, larger, towards the dorsum. The hindwing is black with a yellow border.

Geographical range

Singapore, Borneo, Thailand (VK).

Habitat preference

This is a rare lowland forest species, recorded from Samarinda and the Barito Ulu in Kalimantan, from hill dipterocarp forest at 100-150m near the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, and from alluvial forest at 70m at the foot of G. Mulu.

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