Singara diversalis Walker

Singara diversalis Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 1113.

Singara diversalis Walker; Holloway, 1976: 38.

Diagnosis

This is a large orange species with slightly violet brown suffusion covering most of the wings. The forewing antemedial is straight, the postmedial irregular, sinuous in course as in the much smaller type species of the next genus. The reniform consists of two dark-centred pale discs that sometimes fuse into a B-shape.

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya, S. China, Burma, Thailand (VK), Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

The species is rare and montane, recorded (see also Martini & Thony, 1993) from 950m to 1930m.

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