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Pantana
melantera Collenette
Laelia melantera Collenette, 1932, Novit. zool., 38: 83.
Pantana
melantera 
(holotype,
Peninsular Malaysia)
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melantera  |
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Diagnosis. Both sexes are a paler, more cinnamon-brown than lithosioides, with
deeper forewings. The female has the hindwings paler than the forewing. Both
sexes have the spots around the forewing cell only slightly darker. The male
genitalia are similar to those of adara, but the uncus is more robust.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The only specimen is a female from Samarinda in the
lowlands of S.E. Kalimantan.
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