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Microselene mopsa Swinhoe comb. n.
Zethes
mopsa Swinhoe, 1890, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1890: 251.
Diagnosis. The facies is similar to that of Margana species (see
above), but the forewings are narrower, and the margins of all wings are more
serrated. The forewing has the pale orbicular expressed on the upperside as an
irregular lunule, and there is usually a dark brown crescent on the underside
at the anterior concavity of the distal margin. The hindwing is distinguished
by a straight, dark brown postmedial.
Geographical range. Burma, Thailand, N.E. Himalaya,
Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat preference. Only two females have been
recorded in Borneo, both from around 170m in the vicinity of the Danum Valley
Field Centre in Sabah. One is from logged
forest, the other from the understorey of undisturbed forest.
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