Calymera metaphaea Hampson comb. n.

Carea metaphaea Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 11: 558.

Carea loxoscia Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4: 265, syn. n.

Carea loxoscia phantera Prout, 1932, Ibid., 4: 266, syn. n.

Carea proutiae Roepke, 1935, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 18: 273, syn. n.

Carea proutiae sundanensis Roepke, 1935, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 18: 274, syn. n.

Calymera loxoscia phantera Prout; Kobes, 1997: 101.

Diagnosis

See the previous species.

Taxonomic notes

The facies and male genitalia of the taxa brought into synonymy are very similar. The specimens illustrated as this species by Kobes (1997) have more uniform reddish forewings and probably represent another species.

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java.

Habitat preference

The species is infrequent in lowland and lower montane forest. Chey (1994) took several specimens in plantation and secondary forest in the lowlands of Sabah.

Genitalia: