Taxonomy

Brunei. The holotype of Striglina fidelia Whalley, 1976 from Sumatra is in the NHM (Mi7296, genitalia slide #13708), as are several paratypes. See Whalley (1976:78, Fig’d).

Description

27-29mm. An attractive bright orange-brown species, usually flushed with pink and with faint overall reticulation. There is a diagonal line crossing both wings, running from the FW costa close to the apex and gently curving to the inner margin and continuing as a straight antemedian line across the the HW to the inner margin. Unlike S. dactylica there is no indistinct branch line to the middle of the FW tornus. Some specimens have a much more yellow appearance (e.g. a paratype in the NHM), others are broadly suffused with a deep pink.

Distribution & Habitat

Sumatra, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Sarawak. A variety of lowland biotopes including sandy heath, primary and secondary forests and coastal vegetation; <300m.

Life History & Pest Status

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