Image of Dysphania glaucescens Walker ♂

Dysphania glaucescens Walker

Euschema glaucescens Walker, 1861, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.). 6: 93.

Euschema regalis Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 6 :119.

Dysphania glaucescens tsukadai Yazaki, 1989: 8.

Diagnosis

See Dysphania transducta Walker .

Geographical Range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo; Palawan (ssp. tsukadai). Yazaki (1989) also includes the Nias I. taxon ares Weymer, with electra Weymer as synonym, as a subspecies of glaucescens on the grounds of genitalic similarity.

Habitat Preference

The only specimen taken recently came to light at night in alluvial forest in the G. Mulu area. A specimen labelled as from Mt Marapok is illustrated.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (7)


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