Lampadopteryx scintillans Warren

Lampadopteryx scintillans Warren, 1897, Novit. zool. 4: 75.

Diagnosis

See the generic description.

Geographical Range

Borneo.

Habitat Preference

All material seen is from lowland localities: Sandakan and Danum Valley in Sabah, and Bidi in Sarawak.

Biology

The facies is suggestive of diurnal activity, though A.H. Kirk-Spriggs took the Danum material at light.

Taxonomic Note

D.C. Lees (pers. comm.) noted Lampadopteryx scintillans individuals assembling to feed on bird droppings by day, comparing their behaviour in this to that of S. American metalmark Riodinidae. Their flight was very lycaenid‐like and continued almost to dusk.