Aemene taprobanis

Aemene taprobanis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in China (Li-Kiang), the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Mumbai), Sri Lanka and Malacca.[1]

Aemene taprobanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Aemene
Species:
A. taprobanis
Binomial name
Aemene taprobanis
Walker, 1854
Synonyms
  • Panassa cingalesa Walker, 1865
  • Autoceras grammophora Felder, 1874
  • Aemene sinuata Moore, 1878
  • Siccia taprobanis likiangensis Daniel, 1951

Description

Head and thorax grey. Tegula usually with a black speck. Forewings grey, more or less suffused with fuscous. Waved sub-basal, antemedial, medial and postmedial black lines present. Postmedial lines excurved round the end of cell and then bent inwards to near the medial band and with some diffused streaks beyond it. A series of marginal specks and a black spot at center of cell and another at end of it. Hindwings pale and more or less suffused with fuscous.[2]

Subspecies

  • Aemene taprobanis taprobanis
  • Aemene taprobanis likiangensis (Daniel, 1951) (China: Li-Kiang)

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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