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Sasunaga
longiplaga Warren
Sasunaga
longiplaga Warren, 1912, Novit. zool.19: 15.
Sasunaga
basiplaga Warren, 1912, Novit. zool, 19: 16, syn. n.
Sasunaga
tenebrosa Moore; Holloway, 1976: 9, partim.
Sasunaga
longiplaga 
Sasunaga
longiplaga  |
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Diagnosis.
This species
has the forewing ground a paler (almost fawn) brown than in other species, with
an indistinct but diagnostic pale crenulate band from the centre of the margin
to the centre of the costa, concave towards the apex. A form has a broad,
central longitudinal black zone to the forewing (typical longiplaga, which
is rarer).
Geographical
range. N.E.
Himalaya, Sundaland, and possibly east to New Guinea.
Habitat
preference. The
species ranges from the lowlands to 2600m. It is commoner at higher altitudes
but is also a species frequently encountered in the lowlands.
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