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Speiredonia alix Guenée 

Spiredonia alix Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 171.

Syrnia sparsa Walker, 1857, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 14: 1280.

Syrnia calamistrata Moore, 1883, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1883: 26.

Diagnosis

See Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holloway.

Taxonomic note

A closely related species with distinctive labial palps in the male is decribed from Sulawesi by Zilli et al. (2005).

Geographical range

India, Andamans, Sundaland, Sumbawa, Seram, New Guinea.

Habitat preference

All records in recent surveys are from lowland forest at altitudes under 200m.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (5)


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