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Raparna
auropurpurea Pagenstecher
Rivula
auropurpurea Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk.,
38: 42.
Rhesala
iada Swinhoe, 1901, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7),
7: 500.
Raparna
auropurpurea 
(holotypeof sada) |
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Diagnosis.
This is a small species with golden yellow forewings and slightly paler
hindwings. The wings are shaded and speckled with violet-red that intensifies
towards the margins and in fine, irregular, postmedial fasciae.
Geographical
range. Nias, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The species has not been taken in recent surveys. All older
material, including the type series of iada, is from Sarawak without precise
data except for, one specimen from Kuching, suggesting the species favours
disturbed or cultivated areas of the lowlands.
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