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Caduca albopunctata Walker

*Homoptera albopunctata Walker, [1858] 1857,List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. Br. Mus., 13: 1068.

Alamis meleagris Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara, Lep: pl. 3, fig. 32.

Diomea nasea* Swinhoe, 1918, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 2: 89.

Diagnosis

This and the next species have dark blackish brown wings fasciated with several series of small white spots. In albopunctata these are similar on foreand hindwings; see the diagnosis of the next species.

Geographical range

Indian Subregion, Ryukyu Is. (Yoshimoto, 1944), Taiwan, Thailand (VK), Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species is most frequent in lowland dipterocarp forest but is also known from coastal forest and logged forest. It has not been taken above 150m.

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