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Collinsa rhodosticta Swinhoe

  • Family: Thyrididae
  • Subfamily: Siculodinae
  • Tribe: Siculodini
  • Genus: Collinsa
  • Distribution: W. China, Meghalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines.
  • Habitat: Lowland and hill forest; <1400m.
  • Wing Length: 18mm

Taxonomy

Thailand, Kao Soi Dao. The holotype of Rhodoneura rhodosticta (Swinhoe, 1895b:298) from India, (Khasia, Cherrapunji), is in the NHM (Mi7364). The paralectotype is in the OUMNH.

Ms. syn. staccata Warren 1898:223 (Pharambara).

The female type, from China, is in the NHM (Mi7384).

Ms. syn. n. (Shaffer, 1991 LepIndex).

Description

A pinkish-brown species with little distinct fasciation apart from a darker overall reticulation and faint antemedian and postmedian bands on FW and a median band on the HW, which may be broad and diffuse in some specimens.

Collinsa roseopuncta (Warren, 1902:342) and Collinsa sp. 17 are similar but less distinctly marked.

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