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Episteme vetula Geyer

Heraclia vetula Geyer, 1832, Zutr. Exot. Schmett., 4: 17.

Episteme vetula Geyer; Kiriakoff, 1977: 10, lists synonyms and subspecies.

Diagnosis

This and the next species have a similar hindwing pattern, but the next is much larger, with the postmedial pale bar on the forewing very broad, the antemedial vestigial, and the submarginal spots often absent.

Taxonomic Notes

The Bornean subspecies is bijugata Walker.

Biology

The species is probably day-flying.

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Related species:

Species (1)


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