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Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout 
   
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925, Novit. zool., 32: 64.
   
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout; Holloway, 1976: 78.


Luxiaria mitorrhaphes


Luxiaria mitorrhaphes


Diagnosis.
The forewing apex is acute in this medium species. The male is uniform fawn, the female more speckled and with darker zones distal to the postmedials. Below, the fasciae are finely marked, the postmedial not conspicuously broadened. In the male genitalia the upper arm of the valve bears a digitate process centrally.

Geographical range. Himalaya, Japan, Taiwan, Burma, Borneo, Java.

Habitat preference. This species is commonest in the upper montane zone but ranges from 1000m to 2500m (on G. Kinabalu).

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