Chrysocraspeda
ozophanes Prout comb. n.
Ptochophyle ozophanes Prout,
1918, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 1: 22.
Chrysocraspeda
ozophanes
(x 1.33) |
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Diagnosis. The wings are extensively suffused red on a bright yellow ground colour.
The straight line of the latter on the hindwing and the subapical patch of
yellow on the forewing distal to a diffusely darker discal dot are
diagnostic.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The two Bornean specimens seen are from hill
dipterocarp forest at 500m on G. Mulu, Sarawak, and secondary forest
understorey in the vicinity of the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah.
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