Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Ilyrgis echephurealis Walker
Ilyrgis echephurealis Walker, 1859, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 19: 880.

 

 
Ilyrgis echephurealis


Diagnosis
. The species has deeper wings than I. costinotata Hampson, with the forewings slightly more bifalcate. The wings are a very uniform pale mauve-grey, with very fine, pale, irregular fasciae that become slightly more definite at the forewing costa.

Geographical range. Sri Lanka, Hainan, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sangihe.

Habitat preference. Only two specimens are known from Borneo, both from lowland forest: at 150m near the foot of G. Mulu; at 300m in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei

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