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A very recently described species.
Very
similar
to
D.
hemianops,
but
recognisable
by
the
yellow
sub
basal
spots
on
the
underside
hind
wing,
absent
in
D.
hemianops.
Original
description
:Lachlan:
Australian
Entomologist,
2000,
27
(3)
p71:
"Male.
Forewing
upperside
with
basal
half
white
with
faint
blue
tinge
to
just
short
of
distal
end
of
discal
cell
(black
underside
giving
faint
blue
colour);
black
costal
border
entering
anterior
half
of
discal
cell;
one
vague
subapical
spot;
distal
half
of
fore
wing
black
with
tornus
curving
basally.
Hind
wing
upperside
white;
narrow
black
border
from
apex
to
tornus
suffused
with
white.
Fore
wing
underside
nearly
all
black
with
three
yellow-orange
subapical
spots;
one
specimen
with
one
or
two
very
small,
thin
yellow-orange
terminal
spots;
a
small
amount
of
white
diffused
with
black
below
vein
CuA²
at
subtornal
area;
mostly
white
below
vein
1A+2A.
Hind
wing
underside
with
basal
half
black
with
distinct
subbasal
yellow
orange
spot
near
costa;
distal
half
white
overlaid
with
yellow-orange
scales
to
varying
degrees
becoming
white
at
outer
edge
at
black
border;
veins
white;
black
border
thin
at
apex,
widest
at
tornus
(2-3mm);
separation
between
black
and
yellow-orange
irregular
and
variable
from
middle
of
costal
margin
to
tornus
passing
slightly
through
distal
edge
of
cell.
Length
of
fore
wing:
26-29mm.
Female.
Fore
wing
upperside
as
in
male
but
with
reduced
white
area;
between
one
third
and
two
thirds
of
anterior
portion
of
discal
cell
black;
one
or
two
pale
yellow
subapical
spots
much
less
distinct
than
those
on
the
underside.
Hind
wing
upperside
as
in
male
with
slightly
broader
black
terminal
border.
Underside
of
both
wings
as
in
male;
subbasal
yellow-orange
spot
near
costa
reduced
and
faint.
Length
of
fore
wing:
27mm."
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