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Birnara bicolor Walker 

Pantana bicolor Walker, 1855, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 4: 820.

Etobema lineosa Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 389.

Birnara nubila Butler, 1879, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 560.

Pantana semilucida Swinhoe, 1903, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1903: 439.

Birnara bicolor Walker; Holloway, 1976: 52.

Diagnosis

The species is distinctive, with forewings darker grey than the hindwings and delineated by paler veins. The body is dull orange.

Geographical Range

Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

The species is uncommon and probably montane. A small number were taken flying by day between 1200m and l660m on G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia:


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