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Olerospila
oleraria Guenée comb. n.
Amaurinia oleraria Guenée,
1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep. 9: 385.
Oenospila lucifimbria Warren,
1899, Novit. zool., 6: 27.
Oenospila oleraria glaucilinea Prout,
1916, Novit. zool., 25: 208.
Diagnosis. See generic description. The entire creamy rather irregular
fasciation and cream fringes on pale bluish green wings with darker margins are
distinctive.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea;
Bismarcks (ssp. glaucilinea); Solomons (ssp. lucifimbria).
Habitat preference. The species is uncommon. It has been taken in kerangas forest
during the Mulu survey and in swamp forest in Brunei. A single female was taken
at 1465m on Bukit Retak, Brunei.
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