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Celenna callopistes Prout comb. n.  
   
Hypochrosis callopistes Prout, 1932, J. fed. Malay States Mus., 17: 85.


Celenna callopistes


Diagnosis.
The forewing apex is less acute than in the first two species and the forewing green band is entire, duller in tint; there is no green patch on the hindwing.

Taxonomic notes. The species has a sister-relationship to the Himalayan C. pulchraria Rothschild comb. n., a larger species with a more strongly marked hindwing and a more lens-shaped forewing band. The furca is symmetric in pulchraria, each arm half the length of the long left arm of callopistes.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, S. Burma.

Habitat preference. Two specimens were taken during the Mulu survey in the understorey of alluvial forest at the foot of a limestone outcrop. The species is rare.

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