Dalima
delineata Warren
Metoxydia delineata Warren,
1894, Novit. zool. 1: 442.
Diagnosis. This
and the next species have similar facies, but D. mjoebergi is
distinguished by the strong tail to the hindwing between Rs and M1.
Geographical
range. Peninsular
Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The
species is not common, a few individuals having been taken recently in the upper
montane forest zone of G. Mulu, Sarawak (1780m), and Bukit Retak, Brunei
(1468m). There is also a specimen from Samarinda in Kalimantan. Some of the
specimens attributed to the next species for G. Kinabalu by Holloway (1976)
proved to be delineata.
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