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Pterocyclophora
ridleyi Hampson
Pterocyclophora
ridleyi Hampson, 1913, Cat. Lepid.
Phalaenae Br. Mus., 12: 466.
Pterocyclophora
ridleyi Hampson; Holloway, 1976: 30.
Pterocyclophora
ridleyi
Pterocyclophora
ridleyi  |
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Diagnosis. See the generic description; the facies
and the strikingly tailed hindwing margin render the species unmistakable.
There is some sexual dimorphism, females having paler, less grey forewings with
a darker marginal area.
Geographical range. Sundaland, Philippines.
Habitat preference. The species is uncommon, with
records mostly from lowland forest in Brunei (Labi, Ulu Temburong, Ulu Belait),
the exceptions being one from 1618m on Bukit Retak and one from 1930m on G.
Kinabalu. Chey (1994) recorded several specimens in secondary forest in the
lowlands of Sabah.
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