Image of Gonanticlea aversa Swinhoe ♂
Image of Gonanticlea aversa Swinhoe ♀

Gonanticlea aversa Swinhoe

Gonanticlea aversa Swinhoe, 1892, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1892: 3.

Diagnosis

This is a smaller species and much less sexually dimorphic than the other two, with the medial bar pale brown and the zone between it and the postmedial only grading darker distad gently. The postmedial is more regularly angled at about one third from the costa, and the forewing margin is slightly bifalcate.

Geographical Range

Himalaya, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

Prout (1932 c) noted a female from Marei Parei (1600m) on G. Kinabalu. There is a further female in USNM (illustrated) taken at 1500m in a locality 25km north of Tambunan in Sabah.

Genitalia:

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Species (2)


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