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Heteralex rectilineata Guenée

Cassyma rectilineata Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 10:18.

Nadagara (?)microneata Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 24:1096.

Panagra rarata Walker, 1862, Ibid. 26:1662.

Heteralex rectilineata Guenée: Holloway, 1976: 58.

Diagnosis

The general facies and build of this species are unmistakable.

The type species aspersa has the forewing fascia running to the apex and one, rather than two, fasciae across the hindwing.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan.

Habitat preference

The species is infrequent in lowland and lower montane forest, perhaps favouring heath forest in particular.

Genitalia:


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