Image of Serrodes heterographa Hampson ♂

Serrodes heterographa Hampson comb. n.

*Athyrma heterographa *Hampson, 1912, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 21: 1222.

*Athyrma eupepla *Prout *sensu *Holloway, 1976: 34.

Diagnosis

The male has a conspicuous hindwing androconial area as in *complens *but is further distinguished by bipectinate antennae, also seen in the Sumatran species *mixosema *Prout and *eupepla *Prout, though only males of the former have androconia on the hindwing. The hieroglyph on the forewing is much larger in males of eupepla.

Taxonomic note

Specimens from China, Taiwan and the Philippines in BMNH may represent further species in this bipectinate complex (Kobes, 1985), along with *A. paucimacula *Roepke comb. n. (Java, Sumatra) and A. pratti Bethune-Baker comb. n. (New Guinea). *A. javanica *Roepke comb. n. (Java) probably also belongs to this group.

Geographical range

Burma, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

All records are from montane forest, from 1200m to 2600m on G. Kinabalu, from 1780m and 1790m on G. Mulu and from 1465m and 1618m on Bukit Retak.

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Species (15)


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