TRIBE NUDARIINI
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Cyana pudens Walker  
   
Bizone pudens Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6:120.
   
Bizone perversa Butler, 1877, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1877: 338.


Cyana pudens
(x 1.73)

Fig.10i: Cyana pudens Walker


Diagnosis.
The smallest of the Bornean species with transverse fasciae has these fasciae crimson-red. The discal spots are also red: a dot and two wedges arranged in a triangle in the male, and a dot and a streak set longitudinally in the female. The inner border of the red margin is dentate.

Geographical range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines.

Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in lowland dipterocarp forest but not recorded from heath forest.

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