Herochroma baibarana Matsumura comb. n.

Dindica baibarana Masumura, Matsumura, 1931.

Archaeobalbis cristata Warren, sensu Holloway, 1976: 59.

Archaeobalbis orientalis Holloway, 1982: 242.

Diagnosis

See Herochroma subtepens Walker comb. n.

Geographical range

Sri Lanka, N.E. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

H. orientalis is as uncommon as H. subtepens, but occurs at higher altitudes, singletons having been taken at 900m on G. Api and 1000m on G. Mulu, at 1618m on Bukit Retak, and two at 1620m on G. Kinabalu.

Taxonomic note

Inoue (1999b) found that Herochroma orientalis Holloway was conspecific with baibarana Matsumura, described from Taiwan.

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