The Saroba group of genera
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Saroba pustulifera Walker 
Saroba pustulifera Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 1097.


Saroba pustulifera


Diagnosis
. The extensive whitish blotches basally and postmedially on the forewing are distinctive and much more extensive than in the next species.

Geographical range. Indian Subregion, Hong Kong, Thailand (VK), Sundaland, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference. The species is represented in Borneo by singletons from Bidi in Sarawak and Samarinda in Kalimantan, both lowland localities, in addition to the holotype, taken in Sarawak by A.R. Wallace. The only specimen recorded in recent surveys is from lowland forest in the Barito Ulu of Kalimantan Tengah.

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