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. 2020 Aug 20;962:139–163. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.962.51194
1 Hindwing with smoky brown marginal band 2
Hindwing without any marginal band 3
2 Forewing with antemedial and medial lines well separated S. amoyalis
Forewing with antemedial and medial lines merged with each other at inner area S. confutsealis
3 Hindwing with postmedial/submarginal line 10
Hindwing without any postmedial/submarginal line 4
4 Forewing with dark spot or white line present 5
Forewing without any dark spot or white line S. metaxantha
5 Forewing with antemedial and post medial line outlined S. ragonotalis
Forewing with antemedial and postmedial line without any outline 6
6 Forewing with thin white line closing end of cell S. rubralis
Forewing without fine white line at end of cell 7
7 Forewing with postmedial line strongly excurved at medial veins, then oblique to meet inner margin S. szetschwanalis
Forewing with postmedial line not as above 8
8 Forewing with postmedial line approximately oblique 9
Forewing with postmedial line slightly wavy S. approximans
9 Hindwing darker S. tonsealis
Hindwing paler S. peltobathra
10 Hindwing with postmedial/submarginal line incomplete 11
Hindwing with postmedial/submarginal line complete 14
11 Forewing expenses about 20 mm (± 2–3 mm) 12
Forewing expenses greater than 30 mm 13
12 Hindwing with three dark spots S. pusilla
Hindwing without dark spots S. constrictalis
13 Forewing with purplish rufous ground colour S. discinota
Forewing with purplish fuscous ground colour S. sikkima
14 Near the base of forewing a large transversely oblong whitish ringlet which encloses a black patch S. decora
Forewing lacks the above attribute 15
15 Hindwing yellowish, redder towards outer margin S. rufina
Hindwing not as above 16
16 Forewing with antemedial and postmedial line fused 17
Forewing with antemedial and postmedial line not fused 18
17 Forewing with antemedial and postmedial line fused from Cu2 to inner margin S. inordinata
Forewing with antemedial and postmedial line fused at inner margin, forming V-shaped figure S. olivina
18 Forewing with single speck 19
Forewing with two specks (separate or joined by a bar) 21
19 Hindwing with postmedial line crossed by a rufous streak on vein Cu2 S. pallescens
Hindwing without any streak on postmedial line 20
20 Forewing with an olive-green cell spot S. pyraliformis
Forewing with a reddish brown discoidal spot defined by grey S. papuana
21 Forewing without antemedial line, postmedial line present S. unilinealis
Forewing with both the lines (antemedial and postmedial) present 22
22 Forewing with a large, fiery red or yellowish rufous patch below the cell before the antemedial line 23
Forewing without such patch below the cell before the antemedial line 25
23 Forewing with a large yellowish rufous patch below the cell before the antemedial line S. nigripuncta
Forewing with a large fiery red patch below the cell before the antemedial line 24
24 Hindwing whitish, suffused with pale reddish S. albioculalis
Hindwing fuscous; postmedial curved line whitish, area beyond it reddish brown S. hoenei
25 Forewing with postmedial line highly angled S. contigua
Forewing with postmedial line nearly oblique (not angled) 26
26 Forewing with postmedial line oblique from costa to inner margin S. umtasorensis sp. nov.
Forewing with postmedial line straight from costa to radial vein and then oblique to inner margin S. dzonguensis sp. nov.