Image of Xenochroa ferriviridis Holloway ♂ (holotype)
♂ (holotype)
Image of Xenochroa ferriviridis Holloway ♂ (holotype of ochreoviridis )
♂ (holotype of ochreoviridis )
Image of Xenochroa ferriviridis Holloway ♂ (paratype of ochreoviridis )
♂ (paratype of ochreoviridis )

Xenochroa ferriviridis Holloway comb. n.

Carea ferriviridis Holloway, 1976: 26.

Carea ochreoviridis Holloway, 1976: 27, **syn. n.

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Diagnosis

The forewing is ochreous green to dull green, sometimes speckled with black.

The rather diffuse antemedial and postmedial fasciae are much closer together than in the previous four species; the medial zone is variably grey to blackish. *Taxonomic note.

X.* ronkayi Kobes (Sumatra) has somewhat similar facies but is more strikingly marked and has a row of pale blue dots along the distal margin and a violet tinge to the forewing medial zone.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species is common from 1500m to 2000m, but is recorded more widely from 900m to 2600m.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (34)


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