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Sauris
denigrata Warren
Remodes (?) denigrata Warren,
1897, Novit. zool., 4: 66.
Sauris lineosa Moore or close, sensu Holloway, 1976:
73.
Sauris
denigrata 
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Diagnosis. See the previous species. The female has the forewings less fasciated
brown, particularly subbasally and marginally. In the male the basal fasciation
is still green, but the marginal and submarginal zones are irregularly marked
with brown. The distal lobe of the hindwing is acute and a distinctly darker
grey than the rest of the wing.
Taxonomic notes. The tentative identification of a male specimen as lineosa by
Holloway (1976) was with reference to Sundanian specimens associated with the
holotype female (Khasis) in the BMNH series. This female has forewing facies
much as in S. bicolor Warren, described from a male also from the Khasis,
and probably conspecific. The other females in the series, including the
holotype of the currently synonymised S. normis Hampson, are probably not
conspecific with lineosa, perhaps females of S. hirudinata.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The male is from 1930m on G. Kinabalu, but the
females are from lower altitudes, the only reliably identified Bornean one being
from Bidi in Sarawak. There is a worn female from 250m on the limestone G. Api
that may also be denigrata.
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