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Fascellina clausaria Walker

Fascellina clausaria Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus ., 35: 1556.

Fascellina deflavata Warren, 1897, Novit. zool. 4: 256.

Diagnosis

The ground colour of the forewings is deep brownish red that fades to a dull brown orange. The mauvish irroration associated with, and distal to the forewing submarginal and the hindwing medial is diagnostic. The underside lacks the extensive yellow seen in most other species, being fawn, irrorated brown, with a conspicuous dark brown area between postmedial and submarginal on the forewing, with a strong loop in the postmedial anteriorly.

Geographical Range

Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

The species is infrequent in lowland and lower montane forest.

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Species (11)


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