''Lyclene circumdata'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Erebidae first described by
Francis Walker in 1865. It is found on
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...
and
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...
. The habitat consists of lowland and lower montane forests, however female specimens may also be found in coastal localities and areas of disturbed forests.
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a synonym of ''
Asura strigipennis''.
References
Moths described in 1865
Nudariina
Moths of Asia
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