Image of Chrysocraspeda oophora Prout ♂

Chrysocraspeda oophora Prout comb. n

Ptochophyle oophora Prout, 1916, Novit. zool., 23: 19.

Diagnosis

This is a small species marked in vinous grey on a pale yellow ground as illustrated. The Plutodes-like apical and basal patches of the forewing are well separated by a band of the ground colour, unlike in the larger species discussed next where it is always divided by a dark ‘bridge’ between the two patches.

Geographical Range

Borneo.

Habitat Preference

The only specimen is the holotype male from the Matang Road in Sarawak.

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Species (34)


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