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Hemithea undifera Walker

Thalera undifera Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 601.

Diagnosis

The fasciae are more conspicuously delineated with darker green than in members of the tritonaria group.

The species is smaller than H. notospila Prout where this is also a feature.

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali.

Habitat preference

The species was taken infrequently at lowland forest sites during the Mulu survey, mostly in alluvial forest or forest on limestone.

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Species (9)


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