| Lemaireia loepoides Butler
Antheraea loepoides Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 6: 61.
Syntherata loepoides Butler; Allen, 1981: 119; Barlow, 1982: 49; Lampe,
1985: 15.
Lemaireia loepoides Butler; Nassig & Holloway, in press
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Lemaireia loepoides 
(.73
natural size)
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Diagnosis. The species resembles somewhat a small Loepa but the forewing
apex is acute, the ocelli of both wings are much smaller with unicolorous
rings, the fasciae are rufous, broad, diffuse and somewhat irregular, and
a rufous bar extends from the hindwing ocellus to the dorsum.
Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat preference. Specimens have been taken somewhat more frequently in
lowland
forest, though one was taken at 1618m on Bukit Retak, Brunei. The species
is generally rare.
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