Macrobrochis volzi Weymer

Macrobrochis borneensis Roepke, 1938, Ent. Z., 52: 53.

Macrobrochis borneensis Ropeke, 2001, The Moths of Borneo, 7: 287.

Image of [object Object] Weymer ♂

Diagnosis

This is the largest Bornean lithosiine, the grey colour relieved by an orange collar and a broad white zone to the hindwing being diagnostic.

Taxonomic notes

Cerný & Pinratana (2009) listed Macrobrochis borneensis Roepke as a synonymy of volzi Weymer (1909, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22: 25; Tripura volzi), described from Sumatra.

Geographic Range

Sundaland, ?Philippines, Thailand.

Habitat preference

Lower montane.

Taxonomic Note

Cerný & Pinratana (2009) listed Macrobrochis borneensis Roepke as a synonymy of volzi Weymer (1909, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22: 25; Tripura volzi), described from Sumatra.

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