Image of Hemithea notospila Prout ♂

Hemithea notospila Prout

Hemithea notospila Prout, 1917, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), 20: 123.

Hemithea notospila Prout; Holloway, 1976: 62.

Diagnosis

See H. undifera above. The male genitalia are also diagnostic: the equivalent of the male dorsal process in the previous three species is markedly bifid, and the socii are short.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

A specimen was taken at 1660m on G. Kinabalu and another at 150m in mixed dipterocarp forest at the foot of G. Mulu during recent surveys.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (9)


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