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Luxiaria fictaria Prout comb. n.
   
Euippe fictaria Prout, 1926, Novit. zool. 33: 25.


Luxiaria fictaria


Diagnosis.
Both sexes are small, very dark grey, the male with a more markedly falcate forewing and a conspicuous speckled white central band to the hindwing that is stronger on the underside. The ventral arm of the valve in the male genitalia is shaped as in L. hyalodela.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. 

Habitat preference. This is a lowland  species, perhaps associated with heath and alluvial forest types.

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