Acrojana simillima

Acrojana simillima is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1932.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

Acrojana simillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Acrojana
Species:
A. simillima
Binomial name
Acrojana simillima
Rothschild, 1932

The wingspan about 132 mm. Adults are similar to Acrojana splendida, with a salmon-red area on the hindwings. The underside of the abdomen is scarlet mixed with wood-brown and the legs are scarlet edged with wood-brown. The wings are dark wood-brown crossed by two black brown lines, the inner area of the forewings orange-salmon and the cell of the forewings washed with orange-salmon.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrojana simillima". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Rothschild, W. 1932. On some new Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 38(2): p. 252


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