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Chrysocraspeda mitigata Walker 

Hyria mitigata Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 22: 664.

Diagnosis and taxonomic note

See the previous species. The Bornean specimen of mitigata has the hindwing yellow border broader than do the type specimens, and the yellow of the forewing marginal area is less obscured by reddish over the posterior half.

Geographical range

India, Burma (Moulmein), Borneo.

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimen was taken at light set on a limestone outcrop amid alluvial forest at Long Pala (70m) in the G. Mulu National Park, Sarawak.

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