Maxates thetydaria Guenée comb. n.

Iodis thetydaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 9: 358.

Thalassodes bifasciata Walker, 1863, List specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 26: 1562.

Gelasma thetydaria Guenée; Holloway, 1976: 62.

Diagnosis

The broad diffuse, bright leaf green bands on a pale green ground are distinctive, seen only in the female referred to under ChlorissaStephens where they are more irregular, and in the much larger Thalassodes viridifascia Swinhoe, where there is only a single band on the hindwing.

Geographical range

Indian Subregion, Taiwan, W. China, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species is frequent in montane forest from 1200m to 1780m.

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