Ectropidia exprimata Walker

Acidalia exprimata Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 23: 764.

Diagnosis

The ground colour of the wings is a pale creamy yellow, marked with darkish brown. The area of the wings basal to the postmedials is predominantly pale ground colour, that distal to them extensively dark brown. There is a pale patch at the centre of the forewing margin, and the tornal half of the hindwing border is paler than the rest.

Geographical range

Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species is uncommon in lowland rain forest, and has been recorded once in lower montane forest at 1000m.

Taxonomic Note

Sato (2002), in his survey of Philippines species of Ectropidia Warren, Nigriblephara Holloway and Myrioblephara Warren, extended the range of several Bornean species to the Philippines. He recorded E. exprimata from New Guinea, but it is possible that this is the species recorded from there in the radiation of species in Sulawesi and extending eastwards discussed for the genus by Holloway (1991), referred to in Part 11.

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