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Callopistria obliterata Warren comb. n

Data obliterata Warren, 1911, Novit. zool., 18: 146.

Diagnosis

The hindwings are pale dull yellow basally, grading diffusely distad into the brown border. The forewings are rather striate, pale on dark brown, with a distinctive paler submarginal zone and a whitish, slightly curved longitudinal streak in the centre of the wing.

Geographical range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

Records have been from a variety of lowland habitats, both primary and disturbed, including dry heath forest and mangrove in Brunei.

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Species (24)


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