Geographic Distribution
South India (Western Ghats south of Palghat; from sea level (Alleppey) to about 5,000 feet in the Travancore Hills; Tinnevelly Hills).
Type locality of Silybura arcticeps = "Tinevelly, S India".
Type locality of Silybura madurensis = "High Wavy mountain, Madura district, elevation 5500 feet, S India".
Type locality of Silybura nilgherriensis var. picta = "North Travancore near Peermede, on coffee estate at an elevation between 3000 and 4000 feet", S India".
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