Rajendra biguttata
| Rajendra biguttata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Rajendra |
| Species: | R. biguttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rajendra biguttata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on fore wing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hind wings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.[2]
Subspecies
- Rajendra biguttata biguttata
- Rajendra biguttata irregularis (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)
References
- ↑ Rajendra at funet
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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