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Euplexia monilis Moore

Ilattia monilis Moore, 1881 ,Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1881: 348.

Euro is chalcochlora Hampson, 1896, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 510.

Euplexia monilis Moore; Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett Erde, 11: 140.

Diagnosis

The species is easily distinguished by the pale green forewings with plesiomorphic amphipyrine pattern. See also above.

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only a single male is known from Borneo, taken in upper montane forest at 1790m on G. Mulu, Sarawak.

Genitalia:


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