Comibaena attenuata Warren

Probolosceles attenuata Warren, 1896, Novit. zool. 3: 369.

Comibaena integranotata [sic] prouti Debauche, 1941, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat Belg. (2) 22 :10.

Comibaena attenuata Warren; Holloway, 1976: 61.

Diagnosis

The uniform brown patches at the forewing tornus and hindwing apex are larger than in the three species above, the forewing patch having an irregular projection anteriorly that is separated from the margin.

Geographical range

Sundaland, Philippines; Sulawesi (ssp. prouti).

Habitat preference

The species is recorded frequently in a variety of lowland forest types including coastal and secondary forest.

Chey (1994) found it frequent also in lowland softwood plantations.

Taxonomic Note

Comibaena biplaga, C. fuscidorsata and C. attenuata have been reared from Bauhinia (Leguminosae) in Peninsular Malaysia (H.S. Barlow, unpublished).

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