::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY BAGISARINAE

Ramadasa pavo Walker (Plate 2, Figs 38, 46)

�� Chasmina pavo Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.,
�� 9: 147.
�� Ramadasa pavo Walker; Holloway, 1976: 34; Kobes, 1997: 55.

Diagnosis. This is the largest of the three species, easily distinguished by its pure pale orange-yellow hindwings.

Geographical range. Sri Lanka, India, Andamans, Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference. Five specimens have been recorded in various types of lowland forest, including heath forest in Brunei, but single specimens were taken at 1200m and 1930m on G. Kinabalu and at 1618m on Bukit Retak.

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