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Kunugia ferox sp. n.
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Kunugia ferox 
(paratype)
(.85
natural size)
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Kunugia ferox 
(paratype)
(.85
natural size)
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45-52mm,
75-80mm.
This is the largest of the Sundanian trio allied to placida Moore. The
general colour is dark rich brown, the forewings with four darker,
diagnostically straight and oblique fasciae. The white discal spot is
prominent though not as large as in suanoides.
The male genitalia have the cubile arms short, broad, the spines small.
Holotype NORTH
BORNEO: Sabah, Tawau distr., 500-700 ft, primary rainforest,
17.x.-5.xi.1973 (C.J.H. Pruett).
Paratypes: 3
2 as
holotype; 1 BRUNEI:
300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 20 Feb. 1982 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1
SARAWAK:
Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al), Site 17
May, nr Long Melinau, 50m, 313441, low secondary forest, MV on river bank,
BM lasiocampid slide 936; 1
Baram
distr. SARAWAK (Hose).
Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in lowland forest and
secondary associations.
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