SUBFAMILY CAREINI
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Xenochroa argentiviridis Holloway comb. n.
Carea argentiviridis Holloway, 1976: 25.

 


Xenochroa argentiviridis


Diagnosis.
The forewing fasciae are oblique as in the previous two species, but set in a ground of variegated brownish green with silvery grey suffusion and highlights, particularly along the basal edge of each fascia and across the somewhat produced apex which bears a white fleck.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is frequent, but never common, from the lowlands to 1930m.

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