SUBFAMILY SYNTOMINAE
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Amata mjobergi Talbot comb. n.  
   
Callitomis mjobergi
Talbot, 1926, Sarawak Mus. J., 3:130.


Amata mjobergi


Diagnosis.
The species has a similar distribution of transparent patches to the previous three but has both wings suffused with pale yellow scales apart from the fringes and some of the forewing veins which are delineated dark brown.

Taxonomic notes. The male genitalia: show some similarity to those of trifascia and vicarians

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is known only from the series collected by Mjoberg on G. Murud, Sarawak.

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