Image of Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff ♂
Image of Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff ♂
Image of Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff ♂ (holotype tuhana )
♂ (holotype tuhana )
Image of Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff ♀

Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff

Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff, 1974: 395.

Parasinga subapicalis Kiriakoff, 1974: 396, syn. n.

Parasinga tuhana Holloway, 1976: 57, fig. 358, syn. n.

Diagnosis

The species has grey forewings that vary from almost uniform to fasciated (the holotype of cinerascens and, to some extent, that of tuhana) or with subapical dark markings (the holotype of subapicalis). The hindwing is somewhat darker than in the other species, except for the pale costal zone.

Geographical Range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

The species has mainly been taken infrequently in a wide range of lowland forest types, such as hill dipterocarp, kerangas, swamp forest and coastal associations. It has also been recorded from lower montane forest on G. Mulu and upper montane forest at 1670 m on Bukit Pagon.

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Species (3)


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