Cyclosia panthona

Cyclosia panthona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Cyclosia
Species: C. panthona
Binomial name
Cyclosia panthona
(Stoll, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena panthona Stoll, [1780]

Cyclosia panthona is a moth in the Zygaenidae family. It was described by Stoll in 1780. It is found in China,[2] Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Description

Show semi-diurnal habit and rather elongated narrow body. Abdomen entirely blue-green. Head, thorax and abdomen without any white markings. Fore wing dull brown with a greenish tinge. Hind wing purplish brown. Both wings are with a sub-marginal series of large white spots in the interspaces, which are furthest from the margin at the apex of the fore wing. Larva is pale greenish yellow in color. The first two and last two somites are reddish colored. Three lateral and three dorsal series of warts, which are black centered with white color. Pupa is a pale reddish cocoon.[3]

References

  1. Cyclosia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. LepIndex
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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