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Lophoptera
khasiana Warren
Lophoptera khasiana Warren,
1914, Novit. zool. 21: 415.
Lophoptera albilinea Warren,
1914, Novit. zool. 21: 415, syn. n.
Stictoptera? apicalis Wileman
& South, 1920, Entomologist 53: 271, syn. n.
Lophoptera strigilota de
Joannis, 1928, Ann. Soc. ent. France 97: 335, syn. n.
Lophoptera albilinea Warren;
Holloway, 1976: 19.
Lophoptera
khasiana 
Lophoptera
khasiana
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Diagnosis. This species and the next three are the largest in the genus. L.
khasiana has forewings a more indigo brown than the rest; the pale apical
marks are obvious, either pale yellow or pale brown, rather than diffuse and
only slightly paler than the ground. The species is variable, with uniformly
dark forewings, a general mauve-grey suffusion, or a central, u-shaped mauve-grey zone (f. coeculescens Warren); the subbasal line may be picked out
finely in mauve-grey or white, or may have brownish or rufous fawn suffusion
basal to it.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Tonkin, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra,
Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Batjan.
Habitat preference. The majority of specimens have been taken in upper
montane forest: on G. Kinabalu, on G. Mulu in Sarawak, and Bukit Retak and Bukit
Pagon in Brunei. Only two specimens have been taken in lowland forest during the
surveys concerned.
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