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Hepatica
doda Swinhoe comb. n.
Hypena
doda Swinhoe, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7),
9: 180.
Anepa
doda Swinhoe, 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7),
15: 503.
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Hepatica
doda  |
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Diagnosis.
See the generic description. The forewing is greyish with a distinct, straight,
blackish, double, transverse postmedial that is centred by a paler, more
ochreous component. There is a somewhat sagittate black mark on the margin at
the tornus, a component of the postmedial. The hindwing has a fine, straight,
obscurely darker brown submarginal line. The species may be confused with H.
irrorata Wileman
& South (below) but is more robust with a stronger forewing fascia. The
tornal black mark is also diagnostic. In irrorata the
punctate submarginal is much more irregular in course and more distinct from the
postmedial.
Taxonomic
note. The mainland Asian records of doda
made
by Swinhoe (1905; see above) are probably referable to irrorata.
Geographical
range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. Only four specimens have been recorded in recent surveys, two
from lowland forest at Labi (30-60m) and Ulu Temburong (300m) in Brunei, and two
from lower montane forest (900m) on the limestone G. Api in Sarawak.
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