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Mystichlora mystica Prout comb. n.
   
Gonochlora mystica Prout, 1917, Novit. zool., 24: 299,.


Mystichlora mystica


Diagnosis.
See the generic description. The relatively normal wing margins with pale yellow fringes and the straight, fine, pale yellow fasciae distinguish the species from Idiochlora, Hemithea and related genera.

Geographical range. Sulawesi, Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference. The three Bornean specimens are all from the lowlands: dipterocarp forest on limestone, and wet heath forest near the Melinau Gorge, Mulu National Park; an area of swamp forest at Badas, Brunei.

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