Image of Bocula calthula Swinhoe  ♂ (holotype)
♂ (holotype)

Bocula calthula Swinhoe 

Borsippa calthula Swinhoe, 1906, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 18: 411.

Diagnosis

The forewing resembles that of xanthostola except it is more uniform and the marginal black zone is broader with a more rounded and openly notched inner boundary. The hindwings of the male are medium brown-grey, unmodified.

Taxonomic note

Specimens with similar facies from Luzon in the Philippines (slide 18675) have the structures of the male eighth segment shorter and the valves are somewhat narrower but similar in ornamentation.

Geographical range

Borneo, ?Philippines.

Habitat preference

Bornean material is restricted to the holotype from G. Kinabalu. It lacks altitude data.

Genitalia:

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Species (14)


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