Kunugia ferox Holloway sp. n.
Diagnosis
♂♂ 45-52mm, ♀♀ 75-80mm.
This is the largest of the Sundanian trio allied to placida Moore.
The general colour is dark rich brown, the forewings with four darker, diagnostically straight and oblique fasciae.
The white discal spot is prominent though not as large as in suanoides. The male genitalia have the cubile arms short, broad, the spines small.
Holotype ♂
NORTH BORNEO: Sabah, Tawau distr., 500-700 ft, primary rainforest, 17.x.-5.xi.1973 (C.J.H. Pruett).
Paratype
3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ as holotype; 1 ♂ BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 20 Feb. 1982 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1 ♂ SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al), Site 17 May, nr Long Melinau, 50m, 313441, low secondary forest, MV on river bank, BM lasiocampid slide 936; 1 ♂ Baram distr.
SARAWAK (Hose).
Geographical range
Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference
The species is infrequent in lowland forest and secondary associations.
Genitalia:
