Hypocala subsatura Guenée

Hypocala subsatura Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 75.

Hypocala aspersa Butler, 1883, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond

Diagnosis

See the previous two species. The forewings are variable, with a common and distinctive form that has an undulating grey border to the dorsum and a similar lens-shaped grey patch subapically on the costa.

Geographical range

Oriental Region to Sundaland.

Habitat preference

Somewhat less frequent than andamana and violacea, subsaturaalso occurs from the lowlands to 1930m, and like violacea, has been recorded in greater numbers in montane habitats.

Biology

Robinson et al. (2001) attributed Diospyros (Ebenaceae), Quercus (Fagaceae), Garcinia (Guttiferae), Caesalpinia (Leguminosae), Carapaand Xylocarpus (Meliacae) to subsaturaas host plants; records of Malus and Citrus may be for adult feeding, though Miyata (1983) also listed the former. However, it is evident that there was some confusion over the identity of Hypocala species in the past, and all records should therefore be treated with caution.

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