Image of Xenochroa balteata Warren ♂

Xenochroa balteata Warren

Carea balteata Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 41.

Xenochroa balteata Warren; Kobes, 1997: 118.

Diagnosis

The species is distinguished by the forewings which are speckled brown on dull orange fawn either side of a broad black medial band extending from the antemedial to the postmedial.

Geographical range

Sundaland.

Habitat preference

The species is rare, with only four specimens taken in recent surveys: three at 300m in dipterocarp forest of the Ulu Temburong; one from lower montane forest at 1000m on G. Mulu.

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