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Aquis viridisquama Walker

Aquisviridisquama Walker, 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 15: 1652.

Dimirica nubifera Walker, [1863]1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 56.

Aquis albosparsa Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 611.

Diagnosis

The forewings are rather triangular, heavily marked with black on grey, sometimes tinged slightly greenish. The paler ground colour is more evident basally and in patches on the costa and submarginally. The hindwings are a medium-dark brownish grey.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species is rare in lowland dipterocarp forest, not recorded above 250m.

Genitalia:

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Species (2)


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