Sewa orbiferata Walker comb. rev.
Abraxas orbiferata Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 24: 1126.
Argyris insignata Moore, 1868, Proc. zoo1. Soc. Lond., 1867: 645.
Platypteryx cilicoides Snellen, 1889, Tijdschr. Ent., 32: 9.
Diagnosis
See Macrocilix maiaLeech and Macrauzata melanapexInoue.
Geographical range
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (ZSM), N.E. Himalaya, Burma, S. & W. China; Java (ssp. cilicoides).
Habitat preference
The original material, collected by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak, was probably from a lowland locality.
The only other Bornean specimens are from upper montane forest at 1790m on G. Mulu and three old ones without altitude data from G. Kinabalu.
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