SUBFAMILY OENOCHROMINAE
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Sarcinodes perakaria Swinhoe
   
Sarcinodes perakaria Swinhoe, 1899, Ann Mag. Nat. Hist., 3:110.
   
Sarcinodes perakaria Swinhoe; Yazaki, 1988: 2481; Sommerer, 1995: 16.


Sarcinodes perakaria


Diagnosis.
The general appearance is much as in sumatraria, but the pale discal patch of the forewing is diagnostic, and the hindwing medial fascia is straighter.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. All three specimens taken in recent surveys were from lowland hill dipterocarp forest in the Temburong district of Brunei.

Habitat preference. The species is uncommon in forested localities from the lowlands to 1930m.

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