Image of Caeneressa annosa Walker ♂

Caeneressa annosa Walker comb. n.

Syntomis annosa Walker, 1859, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.,), 3 :183.

Eressa annosa Walker; Seitz, 1912-1913: 82.

Diagnosis

This is a paler, greyer insect with deeper, shorter forewings than congeners. Pale patches are reduced in size, those in the cell and posterior to CuA2 divided by dark streaks. The abdomen has a series of pale patches laterally that are not conspicuous from above.

Geographical range

Borneo, Natuna Is., Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat preference

A series in the BMNH is from Poeh, Sarawak.

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Species (10)


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