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Agathia cristifera Walker

*Thalera cristifera *Walker, 1861 List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 602.

Diagnosis

This species resembles a small A. vicina but the forewing fasciation is much narrower and the black suffusion of the hindwing is intense to the margin except for a narrow, dentate green zone at the margin itself.

The male genitalia are similar to those of the species following, but the process from the valve costa is shallow, obtuse.

Geographical range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

The species is encountered infrequently in a range of lowland forest types.

Genitalia:

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Species (15)


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