FAMILY LASIOCAMPIDAE
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Arguda albiscutulata Lajonquière
Arguda albiscultulata Lajonquière, 1979, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 84: 198.


Arguda albiscutulata
(natural size)


Diagnosis.
Both wings are deep, dull red. The thin fasciae are dark brown, oblique, the exterior one curving basad asymptotically to the dorsum and also curved basad near the costa. The lunulate submarginal is more sinuous than in rosemariae, the pale markings enclosed by each lunule more conspicuous.

Geographical range. Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference. All specimens are from forested localities in the lowlands. The species is rare.

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