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Amata
stellaris Snellen
Syntomis stellaris Snellen,
1895, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8:130.
Syntomis stellaris Snellen;
Seitz, 1912-1913: 79.
Diagnosis. This species resembles a small elisa with the abdominal rings
white. The forewing apex is diagnostically white. In the male genitalia the
aedeagus vesica has a row of cornuti that extends from the main tube along the
distal margin of a lateral lobe, increasing in size. The valves are small,
simple, the left costal process much longer than the centrally angled right (Natuna
Is. specimen dissected).
Geographical range. Sundaland.
Habitat preference. All Bornean specimens seen are from Sintang near
Pontianak.
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