Metallolophia variegata Holloway, 1996
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930310001657865 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/907387D9-C018-FFD7-FE7E-FF36EF29CB7F |
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Felipe |
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Metallolophia variegata Holloway |
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Metallolophia variegata Holloway View in CoL
( Figures 18, 19 View Figures 2–21 , 48, 60) Metallolophia variegata Holloway, 1996: 204 , pl. 5, [ Figure 21 View Figures 2–21 ]; Figure 149. Holotype „, Borneo : Sarawak, Gunung Mulu National Park ( BMNH).
Description
Male. Length of fore wing: 16–17 mm. Frons brown, terminal half of palpus greyish brown. Antenna lamellate. Abdominal crests strongly metallically glossy. Wings broad, hind wing with inner margin only slightly elongated, outer margin of both wings weakly crenulate. Wing colour much paler than all congeners, with a tinge of incarnadine. Markings dark brown, without purplish on upperside. Antemedian line on fore wing slightly wavy, almost vertical to inner margin; shape of postmedian line similar to that of M. vitticosta (Walker) , with the angle on M 3 very sharp and pointed; subterminal line with a row of small dots between veins and a big dark patch on costa. Postmedian line on hind wing dentate, with a sharp and very exaggerated tooth on M 3; subterminal line expressed as a faint but conspicuous band, with blackish teeth between veins, the two teeth between M 1 and M 3 being much larger than the others. Rings of discal spots on both wings irregularly shaped, with a conspicuous irroration of dark brown scales below the hind wing discal spot. Underside suffused with pale purplish grey tinge, fore wing with discal spot dark brown, shaped like a double streak, with a minute round white-centred black spot proximal to the discal spot, and a faint brown patch below the round spot; discal spot on hind wing very faint; both wings with an inconspicuous dark subterminal band.
Male genitalia ( Figure 60 View Figures 57–60 ). Socii comparatively narrow. Valva of almost equal width throughout; terminal part of central basal lobe evenly rounded at the apex, and weakly sclerotized. Saccular process narrow, blade-like.
Female. Unknown.
Specimens examined
Malaysia: PARATYPE: 1 „, Sarawak: Gunung Mulu National Park, R.G.S. Expedition 1977–78 (J. D. Holloway et al. Site 25, 900 m, April, Mt Api , grid reference 427550 ( BMNH).
Distribution
Malaysia: Sarawak.
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