FAMILY SPHINGIDAE
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Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan
Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907, Novit. zool., 14: 95.
Rhagastis mjobergi Clark, 1923, Proc. New Engl. zool. Club, 8: 69.


Rhagastis rubetra
(.83 natural size)


Diagnosis.
This is a darker, greyer species than its congeners, with straighter forewing margins and distinctive dark patches discally and associated with the submarginal.

Geographical range. Nias, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference. Four specimens have been taken in lowland forest in Brunei.

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