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Comibaena attenuata Warren 
   
Probolosceles attenuata Warren, 1896, Novit. zool. 3: 369.
   
Comibaena integranotata [sic] prouti Debauche, 1941, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat Belg. (2)22:10.
   
Comibaena attenuata Warren; Holloway, 1976: 61.


Comibaena attenuata


Diagnosis.
The uniform brown patches at the forewing tornus and hindwing apex are larger than in the three species above, the forewing patch having an irregular projection anteriorly that is separated from the margin.

Geographical range. Sundaland, Philippines; Sulawesi (ssp. prouti).

Habitat preference. The species is recorded frequently in a variety of lowland forest types including coastal and secondary forest. Chey (1994) found it frequent also in lowland softwood plantations.

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