Fascellina albicordis Prout
Fascellina albicordis Prout, 1932, J. fed. Malay States Mus. 17: 94.
Fascellina albicordis Prout; Holloway, 1976: 77.
Diagnosis
The wings are a rich, blackish brown with a very prominent white discal patch on the forewings; this latter is smaller or absent in castanea which also has a greener tinge to the wings. In castanea the forewing postmedial below has a much stronger angle subcostally, the distal border of a darker brown bar. On the hindwing below, the medial and submarginal fasciae fade away towards the tornus and are convergent. In castanea they are more uniform in development, diverge, then converge and enclose a brown discal mark.
Taxonomic Notes
This taxon is paralleled (not necessarily in a sister-relationship) in Sumatra by the similarly montane F. aua Prout.
Geographical Range
Borneo.
Habitat Preference
This is a montane species, frequent from 1620m to 1930m on G. Kinabalu and at around 1790m in upper montane forest on G. Mulu.
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