Dysaethria indignaria Walker comb. n.

Epiplema indignaria Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1645.

Epiplema fucina Swinhoe, 1902, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1902: 596. syn. n.

Diagnosis

The wings are dark grey, finely fasciated darker as illustrated, the hindwing with a distinct discal mark.

There is a black and white mark associated with the more posterior hindwing tail.

Taxonomic Notes

The type of indignaria (UM Oxford) is worn and damaged, but shows the diagnostic facies features noted in fucina.

Geographical range

New Guinea, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimen, the holotype of fucina, is from the southern, low-lying island of Pulo Laut.

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