Image of Herochroma orientalis Holloway ♂

Herochroma orientalis Holloway comb. n

Archaeobalbis orientalis Holloway, 1982: 242.

Archaeobalbis cristata Warren, sensu Holloway, 1976: 59.

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 the previous species, 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.

Genitalia:

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Species (5)


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