TRIBE HYPOCHROSINI
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Achrosis pyrrhularia Guenée comb. rev
   
Achrosis pyrrhularia Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lepid., 10: 539.
   
Pagrasa instabilata Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 24: 1086.


Achrosis pyrrhularia


Diagnosis.
The greyish pink wings with, on the forewing, a browner margin and dark brown markings costally, tornally and broadly basally (reticulate), distinguish this species.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Sundaland.

Habitat preference. The single Bornean example seen is from Pontianak in the lowlands of Kalimantan.

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