Rajendra biguttata

Rajendra biguttata
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
  • Aloa biguttata Walker, 1855
  • Alphaea biguttata
  • Estigmene biguttata
  • Aloa nigricans Moore, 1872
  • Rajendra nigricans
  • Alphaea nigricans
  • Estigmene nigricans
  • Rajendra lativitta Moore, 1879
  • Estigmene perrottetii Hampson, 1901
  • Rajendra irregularis Moore, 1882
  • Alphaea irregularis
  • Estigmene irregularis

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

References

  1. Rajendra at funet
  2. 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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