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Idiochlora
xanthochlora Swinhoe
Maxates xanthochlora Swinhoe,
1894, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6) 14: 135.
Diplodesma xanthochlora timida Prout,
1922, Novit. zool., 29: 331.
Diagnosis. This species resembles I. berwicki Holloway, but is much smaller,
darker green, though with a similar translucent medial zone on both wings.
These are edged broadly distally with dark grey on the underside.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Borneo; Timor (ssp. timida).
Habitat preference. The species was taken in the understorey of lowland
dipterocarp forest near the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, by S.J.
Willott.
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