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Tamba diaphora Prout
Tamba diaphora Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4: 280.


Tamba diaphora


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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