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Barsine
rubricostata Herrich-Schäffer comb.
n.
Hypocrita
rubricostata Herrich-Schäffer, 1855,
Sammlung neuer, oder wenig
bekannter
Aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1:
439. Regensburg.
Hypoprepia
rubrigutta Walker, 1862, J. Linn.
Soc. (Zool.), 6:101.
Miltochrista
rubricostata Herrich-Schaffer;
Holloway, 1976: 3.
Barsine rubricostata 
(x 1.38) |
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Diagnosis. The
ground colour is purer yellow than in the previous species, and the forewing has
characteristic zones of grey within which are the red striae seen in the
previous three species.
Geographical range. Peninsular
Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. This
is a generally rare species ranging from the lowlands to 1790m, but was taken in
numbers (17) at 1000m on G. Mulu.
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