Olerospila oleraria Guenée comb. n.

Amaurinia oleraria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep. 9: 385.

Oenospila lucifimbria Warren, 1899, Novit. zool., 6: 27.

Oenospila oleraria glaucilinea Prout, 1916, Novit. zool., 25: 208.

Diagnosis

See generic description.

The entire creamy rather irregular fasciation and cream fringes on pale bluish green wings with darker margins are distinctive.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea; Bismarcks (ssp. glaucilinea); Solomons (ssp. lucifimbria).

Habitat preference

The species is uncommon.

It has been taken in kerangas forest during the Mulu survey and in swamp forest in Brunei.

A single female was taken at 1465m on Bukit Retak, Brunei.

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