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Arrhapa
robinsoni
Swinhoe comb. n.
Carea robinsoni Swinhoe, 1903, in Annandale & Robinson, Fasc. Malay.,
1: 75.
Diagnosis and taxonomic note. The dull, dark, purplish red forewings with
white markings distally, in combination with white hindwings with a grey apex,
are distinctive. The forewing submarginal white dots follow a similar course to
the dark ones in frontalis; the male genitalia also share the generic
features.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The single Bornean specimen seen was taken at Samarinda
in the lowlands of Kalimantan.
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