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Caedesa
angulifera Walker comb. n.
Anophia angulifera Walker
[1863] 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 171.
Diagnosis. The basal dull yellow zone of the hindwing and the diffusely patterned
rich dark brown forewing are distinctive. The forewing pattern is variable,
sometimes with a paler medial zone, sometimes with the oblique, dark subapical
patches more prominent.
Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference. The species was taken infrequently in mixed
dipterocarp forest on the lower slopes of G. Mulu and in lowland forest on the
lower slopes of the limestone G. Api. In Brunei it has been taken in dry heath (kerangas)
forest at Telisai.
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