SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Phlogophora styx Holloway comb. n.  
Euplexia styx
Holloway, 1976: 10.


Phlogophora styx
(paratype)


Diagnosis.
The forewings are almost entirely black, weakly fasciated paler, except for a prominent whitish reniform. The wings are relatively narrower, more apically produced than in the previous species. On the underside the ground colour is more uniform, the postmedials more prominent. 

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference.
The species is only known from five specimens taken from upper montane forest at 2600m on G. Kinabalu.

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