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Titulcia eximia Walker

Titulcia eximia Walker, 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 29: 811.

Titulcia eximia Walker; Kobes, 1997: 46.

Diagnosis

The forewing has basal, central and subapical satiny white patches framed with yellow or reddish brown.

The central patch is the longest and is roughly triangular with its distal boundary shallowly curved.

Geographical range

Borneo, Burma (Mergui Is.), Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

The only recently collected specimen seen is from lowland dipterocarp forest at 150m in the Rampayoh area of Brunei.

Older specimens include the type material collected by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak and one from Pulo Laut.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (3)


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