Image of Chrysoblephara chrysoteucta Prout ♂ (in USNM) — ♂ (in USNM)

Chrysoblephara chrysoteucta Prout comb. n.

Ectropis chrysoteucta Prout, 1926, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 31: 799.

Diagnosis

See the generic description: the combination of extensive orange irroration, fine, black fasciae and marginal pale patches is diagnostic.

Geographical Range

Burma, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

All the specimens seen are from a narrow range of altitude in the vicinity of G. Kinabalu: two from 1530m, 1km south of Kundasan (in USNM, Washington); one from Mesilau (1500m), one from Kinabalu Park H.Q. (1620m) amongst the material catalogued by Holloway (1976) but not identified at that time.

Genitalia:

Image of Chrysoblephara chrysoteucta Prout