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Aquis viridisquama Walker
Aquis
viridisquama
Walker, 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.,
15: 1652.
Dimirica
nubifera
Walker, [1863]1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 56.
Aquis
albosparsa
Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 611.
Diagnosis.
The forewings are rather triangular, heavily
marked with black on grey, sometimes tinged slightly greenish. The paler ground
colour is more evident basally and in patches on the costa and submarginally.
The hindwings are a medium-dark brownish grey.
Geographical range.
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference.
The species is rare in
lowland dipterocarp forest, not recorded above 250m.
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