SUBFAMILY DREPANINAE
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Drapetodes nummularia Snellen  
    Drapetodes nummularia
Snellen, 1889, Tijdschr. Ent., 32: 11.


Drapetodes nummularia
(Peninsular Malaysia)


Diagnosis.
The arrays of rather lunulate pale cream areas amid dark grey are diagnostic, more conspicuous than in the related D. lunulata Warren (Java, Sumatra) where they are suffused with dull orange.

Geographical range. Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat preference. All Bornean specimens seen are from lowland, forested localities except one from 1618m on Bukit Retak, Brunei.

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