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Bematha
extensa Walker
Bematha
extensa Walker,
1865, List
Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 1095.
Bematha
extensa Walker;
Holloway, 1976: 39.
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Bematha
extensa 
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Diagnosis.
The yellowish orange facies is distinctive, the forewings with a purplish tinge
to this and a white interior to the brown-edged orbicular and very elongate
reniform. The wings are traversed by several very fine brown fasciae.
Taxonomic
note. Material from Sulawesi eastwards has the postmedials linear
rather than irregular and probably represents a separate species.
Geographical
range. N.E. Himalaya, Vietnam (Zilli, 1999), Thailand (VK), Sundaland,
Philippines; Sulawesi, New Guinea.
Habitat
preference. The species is frequent in lowland forest, including heath
forest, and has also been recorded more rarely in lower montane forest
(900-1000m).
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