Image of Kunugia leucopicta Tams ♂
Image of Kunugia leucopicta Tams ♀

Kunugia leucopicta Tams comb. n.

Metanastria leucopicta Tams, 1928, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10), 1: 631.

Cyclophragma leucopicta Tams; Holloway, 1982: 195.

Diagnosis

Both sexes are marked with an irroration of pale grey scales on the forewing and in a patch at the hindwing tornus.

In both sexes the oblique submarginal grey band is evident, but only the female has obvious pale grey fasciae bounding the medial zone; these fasciae are sharply angled at one third from the costa.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only four specimens have been taken, two from upper montane forest at 1465m on Bukit Retak, Brunei, and two from lower montane forest at 1000m on G. Mulu, Sarawak.

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Species (9)


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