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Atacira chalybsa Hampson
comb. n.
Penicillaria
chalybsa Hampson,
1891, Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8:
16, 80; 
[INDIA] ‘Nilgiri district, 3000ft’ hereby designated LECTOTYPE.
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Atacira chalybsa 
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Diagnosis. The ground colour is fawn, shaded with slightly darker grey. The
postmedial is very fine, pale, crenulate, and the antemedial is distinctly
darker at the dorsum.
Geographical range. Oriental tropics to Sundaland.
Habitat preference. The single Bornean specimen seen was taken at Bidi,
Sarawak, a lowland locality.
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