Xeropteryx columbicola Walker

Urapteryx columbicola Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 20: 11.

Xeropteryx simplicior Butler, 1883, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), 27: 204.

Xeropteryx columbicola media Prout, 1931, Novit. Zool., 37: 10.

Diagnosis

See the generic description.

Taxonomic notes

Sundanian material has the postmedial arc of pale yellow patches of the forewing much weaker than in the typical race or absent; the male genitalia are relatively larger, the saccus longer, and the valve with a subbasal scobinate fold. The name simplicior Butler (= media Prout) is applicable to this Sundanian subspecies, and is based on Bornean material. A specimen from Mindanao (Philippines) resembles the typical race.

Geographical range

India, Burma, Indochina, Mindanao; Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species flies in the lowlands, a single male being taken by a river in alluvial forest near the Melinau Gorge during the Mulu survey.

Genitalia: