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Diehlea tumida Hampson
Carea tumida Hampson, 1905,
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 594.
Diehlea tumida Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 93.
Diehlea
tumida 
Diagnosis. The zone distal to the forewing postmedial is much broader at the
costa than towards the dorsum. In this it resembles Carea varipes, but is
darker, redder, and has a more evenly curved distal margin.
Geographical range. Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java,
Palawan (ZMUC), Sulawesi.
Habitat preference. All records during the Mulu survey were from the lower
montane zone, at 1000m on G. Mulu and at 900m and 1200m on G. Api. Brunei
records are all from the lowlands: from dipterocarp forest at Labi, heath forest
at Telisai and swamp forest at Daerah Belait. Chey (1994) took the species in
some frequency from plantation and secondary forest in the lowlands of Sabah.
Biology.
An unpublished host-plant record at FRIM (Robinson et al., 2001) is for
Decaspermum (Myrtaceae).
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