Image of Ilema montanata Holloway ♂ (holotype)
♂ (holotype)

Ilema montanata Holloway stat. rev.

Ilema (Cadrusia) montanata Holloway, 1982: 226.

Diagnosis

See Ilema vaneeckei Collenette stat. rev.

Taxonomic note

This is not, as suggested by Schintlmeister (1994), merely a pale form of chloroptera, for the reasons stated in the diagnosis and taxonomic note for vaneeckei.

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

This is a lower montane species, recorded at 1000m on G. Mulu and at 1050m and 1200m on G. Kinabalu.

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Species (7)


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