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Ilema costiplaga Walker stat. rev. 
   
Lacida costiplaga Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6:126.
   
Ilema chalana Moore sensu Schintlmeister, 1994: 128.


Ilema costiplaga


Diagnosis.
See Ilema chalana Moore and Ilema altichalana sp. n. This is the smallest Bornean species.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat preference. Only one specimen has been taken in recent surveys, in dipterocarp forest at 150m on G. Mulu. Older material is also from the lowlands, e.g. from Bidi in Sarawak.

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