FAMILY EUPTEROTIDAE
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Ganisa similis Moore 
Ganisa similis Moore, 1884, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1884: 356.

Ganisa similis Moore; Holloway, 1982: 191


Ganisa similis ♂
(.73 natural size)


Diagnosis.
The oblique dark shading to the forewing distinguishes this species from plana Walker. In the male genitalia the apical spur to the sacculus is never elbowed; the gnathus is weakly trilobed.


Geographical range. Himalaya to western China and Sundaland.

Habitat preference. The species has been taken infrequently in lowland and lower montane forest; the three specimens taken during the Mulu survey were from 250m and 900m on the limestone of G. Api.

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