Chrysograpta igneola Swinhoe

Egnasia igneola Swinhoe, 1890, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 254.

Diagnosis

The facies is similar to that of some Pangrapta species but is distinguished by the ochre and grey triangular wedge subapically on the forewing costa and by the multiple, sinuous dark fasciation of the hindwing, defined by absence of mauve suffusion on a black ground.

Geographical range

Burma, Thailand (VK), Borneo, Sumatra (HS / K).

Habitat preference

The only specimens seen are two from lowland forest at 300m in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei.

Taxonomic Note

A larva of Chrysograpta igneola in Peninsular Malaysia (H.S. Barlow, pers. comm.) was found forming a cocoon under flakes of bark on a short section of stout twig under a Gardenia (Rubiaceae) bush, but this cannot be confirmed as the host plant.

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