Image of Xenochroa argentiviridis Holloway ♂

Xenochroa argentiviridis Holloway comb. n.

Carea argentiviridis Holloway, 1976: 25.

Diagnosis

The forewing fasciae are oblique as in the previous two species, but set in a ground of variegated brownish green with silvery grey suffusion and highlights, particularly along the basal edge of each fascia and across the somewhat produced apex which bears a white fleck.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species is frequent, but never common, from the lowlands to 1930m.

Genitalia:

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Species (34)


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