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Comibaena albimarginata Warren

Uliocnemis albimarginata Warren, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 355.

Comibaena albimarginata Warren; Holloway, 1976: 62.

Diagnosis

This is the largest of Bornean Comibaena with the most extensive white markings. The hindwing apical marking is black with a sinuous grey central mark. The species differs from similar Protuliocnemis Gen. n. species in the presence of a strong black hindwing discal mark and in the subcostal kink to the white forewing postmedial.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat Preference

This is a rare species of the upper montane zone, known from 1620m on G. Kinabalu and a singleton from 1790m on G. Mulu.

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Species (4)


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