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Tamba nigrilinea Walker (Plate 24, Fig 746)
Obdora nigrilinea Walker, 1869, Characters undescr. Lep. Het., p. 95.
Zethes ochrodes Swinhoe, 1899, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 3: 115.


Tamba nigrilinea


Diagnosis and taxonomic note
. This species is a similar colour to sidonalis but has the postmedial fasciae finely delineated in black, as are also the antemedial and subbasal of the forewings; these latter are more irregular in sidonalis. There may sometimes be black streaking along the medial veins of the forewing. The male genitalia also indicate relationship to sidonalis.

Geographical range. India, Sri Lanka, Andamans, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The only specimen seen is a female from lowland forest in the Barito Ulu of Kalimantan Tengah.

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