Gymnoscelis merochyta Prout

Gymnoscelis merochyta Prout, 1932 c: 69.

Diagnosis

This is the largest Bornean Gymnoscelis, distinguished easily by the contrasting pale hindwing and brown forewings, though the latter also have pale areas broadly across the dorsum and basally.

Geographical Range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat Preference

Only the holotype was known from Borneo, a male from 1700m on G. Kinabalu. Further material from 1200m (Kundasang) was viewed in 1997 in Colln Herbulot.