Image of Tridrepana subtusmaculata Gaede ♂
Image of Tridrepana subtusmaculata Gaede ♀

Tridrepana subtusmaculata Gaede

Tridrepana septempunctata f. subtusmaculata Gaede, 1933, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg ., 9 (43):

Tridrepana subtusmaculata Gaede; Watson, 1957: 461; Holloway, 1976: 93.

Gaede** Tridrepana septempunctata f. subtusmaculata Gaede, 1933, *Bull.

Mus.

Hist. nat.

Belg*., 9 (43): 2. Tridrepana subtusmaculata Gaede; Watson, 1957: 461; Holloway, 1976: 93.

Diagnosis

The forewings are very strongly falcate and dark brown with white lunules at the apex, and diagnostically suffused rufous orange over the basal three quarters.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference

This is the rarest of the Bornean species, with four specimens from lowland forest at Ulu Temburong (300m), two from 1465m and 1618m on Bukit Retak in Brunei, and one from 1050m at Kundasang on the south slopes of G. Kinabalu.

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Species (6)


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