SUBFAMILY CAREINI
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Didigua viridifascia Swinhoe
Erizada viridifascia Swinhoe, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 9: 172.
Didigua viridifascia Swinhoe; Kobes, 1997: 153.

 


Didigua viridifascia


Diagnosis.
The facies is unusual in the genus, the forewings a uniform greyish pink except where crossed by an oblique medial band of black, white and green; there is also a green basal patch.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Bali.

Habitat preference. No specimens have been taken above 100m; four out of the six in recent surveys are from coastal and secondary forest at Seria in Brunei, the other two from alluvial forest near G. Mulu and at Ulu Belait.

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