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Artena
rubida Walker
Ophisma
rubida Walker,
[1863] 1864, J.
Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 179.
Artena
rubida Walker;
Holloway, 1976: 29; Kobes, 1985: 32.
Diagnosis.
The forewing is a rich dark brown that grades slightly paler and more violet
towards the costa; slight fasciation is only apparent in this paler area. The
forewing distal margin is distinctly paler, irrorated with mauve.
Taxonomic
note. Zilli & Hogenes (2004) raised the taxon velutina
Prout
(New Guinea to Solomons and possibly Seram), originally described as a
subspecies of rubida,
to species status. The vesica of the aedeagus and the length of the ductus
bursae are strikingly different in the two.
Geographical
range. N.E. Himalaya, S.E. China, Thailand (VK), Andamans, Sundaland (Zilli
& Hogenes, 2004).
Habitat
preference. The species has been recorded infrequently in forests from the
lowlands to 1930m.
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