Image of Tristeirometa bostryx Prout ♂
Image of Tristeirometa bostryx Prout ♀

Tristeirometa bostryx Prout comb. n.

Phthonoloba bostryx Prout, 1932 c: 73.

Hypocometa bostryx Prout; Holloway, 1976: 71.

Diagnosis

Males have a modified, rather triangular hindwing fringed with dull yellow scales. Both sexes have the distal border of the forewing postmedial rather irregular, with the central lobe distinctly darker than the rest. On the underside the fasciae are clearly defined, narrower than in other species on the forewing, with the irregularity of the postmedial conspicuous.

Geographical Range

Borneo.

Habitat Preference

The species is frequent on G. Kinabalu from 1500m to 1930m. A male has been taken at 1500m on the limestone G. Api.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (3)


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