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Hypomecis glochinophora Prout

Boarmia glochinophora Prout, 1925, Novit. zool. 32: 58.

Boarmia glochinophora Prout; Holloway, 1976: 82.

Diagnosis

The ground colour of the upperside is fawn, with flecking and marking of dark brown. Distinctive features are the strong marginal dark dots and also those of the forewing costa and discal spots. There is a zone of rusty suffusion distal to the hindwing postmedial.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

Most specimens have been recorded in montane forest from 900m to 1930m. Records are from G. Kinabalu, from G. Mulu and G. Api during the Mulu survey, and from Bukit Retak in Brunei.

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Species (9)


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