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Comostola nereidaria Snellen

Iodis nereidaria Snellen, 1881, Tijdschr. Ent. 24: 76.

Comostola flavicincta Warren, 1896, Novit. Zool., 3: 288

Comostola nereidaria levata Prout, 1925, Ibid., 32: 35

Diagnosis

The species is the same size as meritaria but has a more regular sequence of faint markings in the postmedial as in orestias.

Geographical range

Sulawesi, Borneo, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons.

Habitat preference

Two specimens were taken at Semengok, a lowland forested locality near Kuching in Sarawak.

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Species (11)


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