Image of Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout  ♂
Image of Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout  ♀

Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout 

Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925, Novit. zool., 32: 64.

Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout; Holloway, 1976: 78.

Diagnosis

The forewing apex is acute in this medium species. The male is uniform fawn, the female more speckled and with darker zones distal to the postmedials. Below, the fasciae are finely marked, the postmedial not conspicuously broadened. In the male genitalia the upper arm of the valve bears a digitate process centrally.

Geographical Range

Himalaya, Japan, Taiwan, Burma, Borneo, Java.

Habitat Preference

This species is commonest in the upper montane zone but ranges from 1000m to 2500m (on G. Kinabalu).

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (11)


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