FAMILY SATURNIIDAE
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Cricula elaezia Jordan
Cricula elaezia Jordan, 1909, Novit. zool., 16: 303.
Cricula trifenestrata sensu Holloway, 1976: 85.
Cricula elaezia Jordan; Allen, 1981: 120; Holloway, 1981: 122.


Cricula elaezia
(.65 natural size)


Diagnosis.
See under C. trifenestrata.

Geographical range. Sundaland; Buru (ssp. buruensis Jordan).

Habitat preference. Most material seen is from upper montane forest (G. Mulu, G. Kinabalu, Bukit Retak) from 1500-2600m; a single male was taken in the lowlands of Brunei.

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