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Leucoblepsis renifera Warren 

Gonocilix renifera Warren, 1900, Novit. zool., 7: 98.

Problepsidis tristis Swinhoe, 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 15: 150, syn. n.

Diagnosis

The insect is white, the forewings bifalcate.

There is pale grey banding, that of the forewing forming a broad horseshoe-shaped mark around a hyaline zone.

There are fine, silver discal squiggles within the grey on each wing.

Taxonomic Notes

The two taxa brought into synonymy are identical in facies.

No males from Peninsular Malaysia were available to compare genetically with those from Borneo.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Most records are from lowland and lower montane forest, particularly that on limestone during the Mulu survey.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (3)


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