Tamba
diaphora Prout
Tamba
diaphora Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley,
4: 280.
Diagnosis.
This is a greenish grey-brown species with the forewing divided obliquely from
the centre of the costa to the dorsum; the distal part is darker, greener, with
a submarginal white triangle near the dorsal angle. The postmedial on all wings
is a very fine, sinuous fascia that is edged darker equally finely.
Geographical
range. Vietnam,
Thailand (VK), Sumatra (HS / K), Borneo, Seram.
Habitat
preference. All three Bornean specimens are from lowland forest: 30-60m
near Labi in Brunei; 100m by the edge of forest at the Danum Valley Field Centre
in Sabah; in the Barito Ulu of Kalimantan Tengah.
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