Thalassodes viridifascia Swinhoe
Thalassodes viridifascia Swinhoe, 1908, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), 1: 66.
Thalassodes viridifascia Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 62.
Diagnosis
This species is immediately recognisable by the strong, but diffuse, green and white barring to the wings.
Taxonomic Notes
A similar taxon from Sulawesi, (slide 17561) and Seram is probably best treated as a subspecies of viridifascia. The male genitalia are very similar, but the Sulawesi species dissected has a single, rather than multiply spined distal spur, and squarer, less marginally serrate basal sclerotisation to the valve.
Geographical range
Borneo; Sulawesi, Seram.
Habitat preference
The species is very rare, known from G. Kinabalu only.
A single female was taken at 1050m at Kundasan in 1965 (Holloway, 1976).
Genitalia:
