Sypna coelisparsa Walker

Sypna coelisparsa Walker, 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 14: 1262.

Sypna coelisparsa Walker; Kobes, 1985: 68.

Diagnosis

The forewings have a distinctive pale violet irroration, picking out the subbasal and antemedial fasciae that are separated by a dark band from similar medial and postmedial fasciae. The irroration also occurs in the two broader sectors between the submarginal and the distal margin.

Taxonomic note

A species with similar facies but strongly bipectinate male antennae occurs in Sulawesi.

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Four specimens have been taken in Brunei: one from lowland forest at 300m in the Ulu Temburong; two from lowland forest at 400m at Bedawan; one from montane forest at 1618m on Bukit Retak.

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