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Sypnoides
pannosa Moore
Sypna
pannosa Moore, 1882, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln W.S.
Atkinson 168.
Sypnoides
pannosa Moore; Holloway,
1976: 31.
Sypnoides
(Sypnoides) pannosa Moore; Kobes, 1985:
72.
Diagnosis. The forewing facies is unmistakable,
resembling that of mandarina, with a finely speckled fawn and brown medial zone
defined by the antemedial and postmedial fasciae, both irregular, with fawn and
brown components. Outside the medial area there are subapical, tornal and basal
patches of dark-edged leaden grey.
Geographical range. Himalaya,
Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference. Bornean records are restricted
to five specimens from 1200m at Bundu Tuhan on the slopes of G. Kinabalu in an
area of cultivation with forest fragments.
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