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Episteira
infirma Swinhoe comb. n.
Sauris infirma Swinhoe, 1902, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1902:
654.
Episteira
infirma 
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Diagnosis. The species is only slightly larger than Sauris eupitheciata with
rather deep forewings with a distal margin less oblique than in some congeners.
These are lightly fasciated with pale dark green. These fasciae are finely
blackened in a few places: subbasally; irregularly posterior to the discal spot;
more broadly submarginal. The hindwings have a moderate anal lobe in the male
(females are not known), but the distal margin is unmodified.
Taxonomic note. The male genitalia are typical of Episteira.
Geographical range. Borneo (Pulo Laut), Singapore.
Habitat preference. Only two specimens are known, from the above
localities, therefore this is likely to be a lowland species.
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