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Orothalassodes hypocrites Prout comb. n.  
   
Thalassodes hypocrites Prout, 1912a: 153.


Orothalassodes hypocrites


Diagnosis.
This and the next species have the enlarged white spot in the postmedial at the forewing dorsum. They are best distinguished by the male genitalia as indicated below. T. hypocrites has more distinctly red margins to the wings that contain white spots at the vein ends in the cilia.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is rare. Three specimens were taken in lower montane forest at 900m on the limestone G. Api during the Mulu survey and one at 1618m on Bukit Retak, Brunei. The holotype from Singapore is H.N. Ridley material and may have been mislabelled.

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