SUBFAMILY EUTELIINAE
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Targalla atripars Hampson comb. n.  
   
Phlegetonia atripars
Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus. 11: 84.


Targalla atripars


Diagnosis.
This is the largest of the typical Targalla group in Borneo. The forewings are shades of rich brown, the pale distal half contrasting with the very dark basal half. Submarginally at the tornus pale and dark sinuous fasciae alternate.

Geographical range. Sundaland to the Solomons.

Habitat preference. Only a single specimen from Borneo has been seen, from Samarinda in Kalimantan.

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