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Sypna brandti Kobes

Sypna brandti Kobes, 1985: 69.

Diagnosis

This is the smallest Sypna species, a brown colour similar to that of subsignatoides and a similar dark medial band to the forewing, though this last is narrower and of more even width, flanked on each side by doubled pale fasciae.

The biarcuate submarginal consists of a more locally sized array of dark brown marks, those near the costa only slightly larger than the rest.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The only Bornean record is a male from 1465m on Bukit Retak in Brunei.

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Species (7)


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