Tinoliodes dehanna Pagenstecher comb. n.

Arctia dehanna Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau Ver. Naturk. 38: 14.

Niasana dehanna Pagenstecher; Roepke, 1937 (see below); Holloway, 1976: 4.

Diagnosis

The forewings are medium brownish grey with distinctive costal and dorsal patches medially in pink and yellow. The hindwings are similar with a complete medial band and a basal pinkish zone. The body and extreme base of the forewings are also deep pink.

Taxonomic notes

Roepke (1937, Ent. Z. Frankfurt a. M. 51: 195) described the genus Niasana and three subspecies of dehanna: javana, borneana and ruberrima (Simalur). The species is somewhat variable and the validity of these subspecies is questionable.

Geographical range

Sundaland.

Habitat preference

T. dehanna* is infrequent in rain forest habitats from the lowlands to 1500m, perhaps favouring lowland forest.

Taxonomic Note

W. Speidel (pers. comm.) has pointed out that Callimorpha coccinea Swinhoe (1904, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904: 151) is a synonym of Tinoliodes dehanna. It is curated (but not indexed) as such in BMNH, but was overlooked in Part 6. It would have priority over ssp. borneana Roepke if the validity of the subspecies can be supported (see discussion in Part 6).

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