Kunugia basimacula Walker comb. n.
Megasoma basimacula Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool., 6: 176.
Lebeda purpurescens Moore, 1884, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1884: 376.
Cyclophragma basimacula Walker; Holloway, 1982: 195.
Diagnosis
Both the subbasal orange spot and the tornal grey patch are prominent on the forewing, a combination only seen otherwise in K. basidiscata Holloway, a species from Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
The valves of the male genitalia are triangular (finger-like in the next species).
Geographical range
Borneo.
Habitat preference
All specimens seen have been taken in the lowlands of Brunei or Sarawak, mostly from forested localities but a few from coastal or secondary associations.
Genitalia:
