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Numenes contrahens Walker
Numenes
contrahens Walker,
1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6:122.
Numenes
siletti delta Strand,
1915, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 317, syn. n.
Numenes
siletti delta Strand;
Holloway, 1976: 51.
Numenes contrahens 
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Numenes contrahens 
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Diagnosis. See Numenes insignis Moore stat.
rev.
Taxonomic note. The taxon delta is based on the female of contrahens, sharing
the forewing facies of the male. N. insolita Schultze (Palawan) may be
only a subspecies of contrahens.
Geographical range. Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo; ?Palawan.
Habitat preference. Only four specimens have been taken in recent
surveys: from 300m in the Ulu Temburong, Brunei; from 250m and 900m on the
limestone G. Api, Sarawak; and from 1050m at Kundasan on G. Kinabalu.
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