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Callidrepana
micacea Walker
Drepana micacea Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool),
6:176.
Drepana biocularis Moore,
1879, Descr. new lepid. Insects Colln Atkinson, p. 84, syn. n.
Ausaris fulvilauta Warren,
1897, Novit zool., 4:12, syn. n.
Callidrepana pilana Swinhoe,
1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 15: 150, syn. n.
Callidrepana
micacea 
Callidrepana
micacea
Callidrepana
micacea
Callidrepana
micacea 
Callidrepana
micacea
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Diagnosis. This is a very variable species in both sexes as illustrated. The
postmedials are characteristically double, and the forewing discal spot is
darker brown, ovate, either solid or a fainter outline. The larger females could
be confused with those of vanbraeckeli or pulcherrima, but the
shape and emphasis of the forewing discal spot is diagnostic.
Taxonomic notes. The synonymy above reflects the variability of the species: genitalic
features of both sexes are relatively constant, however, except for material
from Sulawesi where the valves of the male are narrower.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
(ZSM), Borneo, Philippines (slide 2087), Sulawesi (slide 2086).
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in a variety of lowland
forest types, including heath, swamp and mangrove forest, being possibly the
only drepanid that is frequently encountered in mangrove.
Biology. In the Andamans (unpublished IIE records ex Prashanth & Veenakumari)
the species has been reared in mangrove from Bruguiera (Rhizophoraceae).
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