FAMILY EUPTEROTIDAE
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Pseudojana perspicuifascia Rothschild 
Pseudojana perspicuifascia Rothschild, 1917, Novit zool., 24: 487,


Pseudojana perspicuifascia
(.61 natural size)


Diagnosis.
Both this and the next species have dark red to purplish red ground colour to the wings, the forewings marked with a series of transverse, more or less straight fasciae. The two species are distinguished in the description of obscura sp. n. below.

Taxonomic notes. It has not been possible to examine the taxon P. clemensi Schultze from Mindanao, Philippines. This may prove to be a senior synonym of perspicuifascia if not distinct.

Geographical range. Sundaland; Nias (ssp. niassana Rothschild).

Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in lowland rainforest.

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