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Radhica himerta Swinhoe

Metanastria himerta Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.(6), 12: 212.

Radhica himerta Swinhoe; Lajonquière, 1977 b: 189.

Diagnosis

The forewings are a greenish rufous brown, the hindwings dull pinkish over the basal/dorsal half. The hindwing underside has a submarginal consisting of lunules as distinct from the zig-zag chevrons of elisabethae; the basal half is distinctly pinkish.

Geographical range

Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia Borneo

Habitat preference

During the Mulu survey this was the most common of the three species and taken entirely in lowland forests, most commonly on the lower slopes of the limestone G. Api.

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Species (2)


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