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Tropidtamba
lepraota Hampson
Zethes
lepraota Hampson, 1898, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.,
11: 458.
Tropitamba
[sic.]
lepraota
Hampson;
Holloway, 1976: 39.
Tamba
grandis Turner, 1933, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust.,
57: 168.
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Tropidtamba
lepraota 
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Diagnosis.
The distribution of pinkish, pale grey areas basally and marginally on the
otherwise brown wings is distinctive; the basal grey area of the forewing is
divided into two by an irregular, oblique brown band.
Geographical
range. Sri Lanka, Assam, Thailand (VK), Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra,
Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram, Australia and east to the Solomons.
Habitat
preference. The species in infrequent in the lowlands but from a wide range
of habitats including heath forest and cultivated areas. Single specimens have
been recorded at 1000m on G. Mulu and at 1670m on Bukit Pagon.
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