Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Poeta denotalis Walker
Poeta denotalis Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 1101.

 


Poeta denotalis
(Singapore)


Diagnosis
. This is a smaller species than quadrinotata, with the postmedial fasciae slightly more sinuous. The hindwing has a black spot at the centre of the margin as on the forewing; this is absent in quadrinotata.

Geographical range. Borneo, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia (Barlow Colln), ?Burma (Tenasserim).

Habitat preference. The holotype was collected by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak. Two other Bornean specimens have been seen, one from Paku in Sarawak and one from lowland forest at 300m in the Ulu Temburong of Brunei.

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