TRIBE THINOPTERYGINI
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Thinopteryx Butler

Type species: crocopterata Kollar.

This genus has the most Ourapteryx-like pattern with straight, transverse forewing fasciae and a prominent hindwing tail. In the male genitalia the valves are elongate, narrow, and the central costal spur is long. The aedeagus vesica is sclerotised, finely corrugate on one side. In the female of the type species the bursa is asymmetric, the signum set in a slight lateral lobe.

There are two species in Borneo, both montane.

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