Eublemma rubricilia Hampson

Eublemma rubricilia Hampson, 1902, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 14: 207.

Image of [object Object] Hampson ♂ (in FRC Sepilok) — ♂ (in FRC Sepilok)

Diagnosis

The species resembles truncatalis Hampson (see above) in having a shape approximately as in Niaccaba (p. 80) and a general medium grey colour. The fasciation is much more obscure, and the marginal areas are irregularly marked with fine dark reddish suffusion. However, the actual margins between this and the fringes are defined finely by a pale line in most specimens. There is a dark discal mark on the forewing.

Taxonomic note

Poole (1989) assigned the species to Silda.

Geographical range

Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia (Barlow colln), Singapore, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Chey (1994) recorded eight specimens in softwood plantations near Brumas in the lowlands of Sabah, but it is possible that some were the next species. One voucher (in FRC, Sepilok), from a Gmelina plantation, has been confirmed as rubricilia and is illustrated.