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Miaromima columbina Warren
Westermannia columbina Warren, 1914, Novit. zool., 21: 422.
Westermannia
zygospila
Zerny, 1916, Annln. naturh. Mus. Wien, 30: 191, syn. n.
Vestermannia albiorbis Hampson, 1918, Novit. zool., 25: 203.
Westermannia
albiorbis
Hampson; Holloway, 1976: 28.
Miaromima columbina Warren; Kobes, 1997: 64.
Diagnosis. This is the largest Bornean species with the most prominent white spot in the forewing pattern which
resembles the head of a pigeon. This spot is anterior relative to its position
in other species, and has a bluish area distal to it.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species is frequent in lowland (including disturbed
and coastal) forest, but occurs occasionally to altitudes up to 1930m.
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