SUBFAMILY DREPANINAE
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Drapetodes matulata Felder & Rogenhofer  
   
Drapetodes? matulata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara, p1. 134.
   
Drapetodes obliquifasciata Swinhoe, 1902, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1902: 589.


Drapetodes matulata


Diagnosis.
The broad white bands, strongly oblique on the forewing, interspersed with red and yellow lineated bands, are diagnostic.

Geographical range. Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Assam.

Habitat preference. The three Bornean specimens seen are from lowland localities: near Pontianak in Kalimantan; Pulo Laut; Bidi in Sarawak.

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