Visiana hollowayi Schmidt comb. rev.

Scotosia sordidata Moore, 1888, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln Atkinson, 274.

Xanthorhoe sordidata inimica Prout, 1937, Novit. zool., 40: 181.

Xanthorhoe sordidata robinsoni Prout, X . s. tamborica., Prout, 1939, Gross Schmett. Erde, 12: 257.

Diagnosis

This is a dark brown species with fasciation more or less equally developed on fore- and hindwings as in Scotocyma Turner, but the fasciation is more evenly developed, strongest at the postmedial and the underside is uniform rather than variegated. The submarginal white spots on the upperside are even in size.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya; Borneo; (ssp robinsoni); Java, Bali (ssp. inimica); Sumbawa (ssp. tamborica).

Habitat Preference

Most material seen is from G. Kinabalu, without altitude data. A female was taken by Dr Chey Vun Khen in secondary forest at Brumas in the lowlands of Sabah.

Taxonomic status

Schmidt (2006b) showed that Visiana sordidata Moore was a species complex, with sordidata restricted to India and Burma, robinsoni Prout restricted to Sumatra, inimica Prout in Java and Bali, and tamborica Prout in Lombok and Sumbawa.

Taxonomic Note

Schmidt (2006b) showed that Visiana sordidata Moore was a species complex, with sordidata restricted to India and Burma, robinsoni Prout restricted to Sumatra, inimica Prout in Java and Bali, and tamborica Prout in Lombok and Sumbawa.

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