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Hexamitoptera
lawinda Pagenstecher
Poeciloptera
lawinda Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk.,
38: 35.
Hexamitoptera
lawinda Pagenstecher; Kobes, 1985: 28.
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Hexamitoptera
lawinda 
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Diagnosis.
The facies is similar to that of Hypopyra species but is more of a silvery grey. The angled
margin of the hindwing and its yellow dorsal fringe associated with the yellow
abdomen are distinctive.
Geographical
range. Nias, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The only Bornean specimens seen have been taken in recent
surveys, all in lowland dipterocarp forest: at 150m on G. Mulu; at 60m in the
Ulu Belait and 300m in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei; at 170m near the Danum
Valley Field Centre in Sabah.
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