Neochera marmorea Walker

Hypsa marmorea Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 7 ; 1674.

Neochera bhawana Moore, 1859, in Horsfield & Moore, Cat.lepid. Insects Mus. nat. Hist. East India Hse., 2: 295.

Neochera marmorea Walker; Holloway, 1976: 5; Barlow, 1982: 76.

Diagnosis

See Neochera dominia Cramer. There are also striking differences in the male genitalia, as illustrated.

Taxonomic notes

Sundanian material is referable to ssp. bhawana Moore, and lacks the longitudinal white markings in the centre to dorsum of the hindwing in the typical race.

Geographical range

N.E. India; Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species is rare, taken mainly in the lowlands, though it has been recorded as high as 1900m on G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia: