Chloroplaga nygmia Swinhoe

Acontia nygmia Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 12: 217.

Chloroplaga nygmia Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 28.

Chloroplaga nygmia barlowi Kobes, 1997: 76.

Diagnosis

The hooked green mark of the centre of the forewing is much broader than in Chloroplaga pallida Warren, where it is usually also broken into two patches. C. nygmia also has strong sexual dimorphism, the males being much darker than the females; both sexes of Chloroplaga pallida Warren are coloured as in nygmia females.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra (ssp. barlowi).

Habitat preference

Most records are from a range of lowland habitats, but the species has been taken more rarely up to 1790m. The species appears to be commoner than the next.

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