Notata parva Hampson
Notata parva Hampson, 1891, Illust, typical
Specimens lepid. Heterocera Colln
Br. Mus., 8: 48.
Diagnosis.
The
elliptical blackish markings on yellow of the underside of the forewing and the
upperside of the hindwing are diagnostic for the male. Females lack these but
can be distinguished by yellow forewings and whitish hindwings in combination
from all except Holocraspedon flava van
Eecke (see Holocraspedon flava
van Eecke).
Geographical
range. India,
Sumatra, Java (van Eecke, 1930; in NNM, Leiden), Bali, Sumbawa, Borneo,
Philippines.
Habitat
preference. Six
specimens have been taken from around 600m: four at Poring on G. Kinabalu and
two from G. Trus Madi. There is also material in the USNM from 1530m just south
of Kundasang on the southern slopes of G. Kinabalu and at 1500m in the Crocker
Range 25km north of Tambunan.
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