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Bastilla
absentimacula Guenée
Naxia
absentimacula Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid.
7:
255.
Dysgonia
absentimacula Guenée; Kobes, 1992: 92.
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Bastilla
absentimacula
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Diagnosis.
The forewing is much more uniform in tone than in the previous three species and
generally a duller violet grey-brown. The zone between the medial and postmedial
is only slightly darker and rather narrow, the peak in the postmedial at M1
being rather obtuse. The zone between the medial and antemedial is slightly but
irregularly paler and greyer.
Geographical
range. Indian Subregion to Taiwan and New Guinea.
Habitat
preference. Only one specimen has been recorded in recent surveys, from
alluvial forest at 70m near the foot of G. Mulu.
Biology.
The larva has been recorded (Robinson et al., 2001) as feeding on Phyllanthus
(Euphorbiaceae).
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