Amerila
omissa Rothschild
Rhodogastria omissa Rothschild,
1910, Novit. zool., 17: 184.
Rhodogastria omissa Rothschild;
Holloway, 1976: 4.
Diagnosis. See Amerila astreus Drury.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Borneo.
Habitat preference. On G. Kinabalu the species is infrequent from 1200m
to 2600m. During the Mulu survey the species was rarer than astreus and
taken mainly in the lower montane zone at around 1000m. However, several
specimens have been taken in the lowlands of Brunei and one in lowland alluvial
forest near G. Mulu.
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