Image of Fentonia bipunctus Rothschild ♂

Fentonia bipunctus Rothschild

Stauropus bipunctus Rothschild, 1917, Novit. zool. 24: 246, type loc. Penang.

Diagnosis

Both this and Fentonia talbotiGaede comb. n.have unmistakable elongate ashy grey forewings traversed by crenulate darker fasciae. F. bipunctus is distinguished by the possession of two black spots just interior to the post- medial.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species has been taken infrequently in lowland forest at Labi and Ulu Temburong in Brunei, singly in lowland mixed dipterocarp forest on both Mulu and Api transects in the Mulu survey, singly in lower montane forest on

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Species (3)


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