SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Phlogophora emphanes Prout comb. n. 
Trachea emphanes
Prout, 1926, Sarawak Mus. J., 3: 214.
Euplexia emphanes Prout; Holloway, 1976: 10.


Phlogophora emphanes

 


Diagnosis.
This is the largest Bornean species. The forewings are dark brown with fine pale lineations rather than bands; the submarginal is distinctly dentate subtornally.

Geographical range.
Borneo.

Habitat preference.
The species was described from G. Murud. It is common from 1620m to 2600m on G. Kinabalu and also on G. Mulu above 1700m. It occurs also above 1600m on Bukit Retak and Bukit Pagon in Brunei.

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