Serrodes pulcherrima Butler comb. n.
Zethes mopsa Swinhoe, 1890, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1890: 251.
Diagnosis and taxonomic note
This and the next species have the antemedial black area extending across the wing to the costa, its basal edge more strongly angled than in the previous two species, and its distal edge variably lined with white, often quite broadly so. The postmedial hieroglyph is hook-like as in bubo.
See the next species for distinction of the two.
Geographical range
Sundaland, New Guinea.
Habitat preference
The species is more frequent in lowland forest and lower montane forest (three specimens taken at 900m on G. Api during the Mulu survey), though one record was from 1790m on G. Mulu.
Biology
Miller et al. (unpublished) reared three larvae from *Pometia *(Sapindaceae) and one from Maniltoa (Leguminosae) in New Guinea.
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