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Mariaba
convoluta Walker
Mariaba convoluta Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid.
Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1696.
Megatheca (?) ampla
Warren, 1899, Novit. zool., 6: 39.
Diagnosis. The deepened forewings and reduced squarish highly modified hindwings
distinguish the male. The female has similar forewing fasciation,
characteristically bold, somewhat sinuous, recurring postmedially outwards on
the hindwing.
Geographical range. Borneo, Lombok, Sulawesi, Burma, N.E. Himalaya.
Habitat preference. The species is rare but found over a wide range of
altitude: in alluvial and hill dipterocarp forest in the lowlands during the
Mulu survey; at 1200m and 1930m on G. Kinabalu.
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