Nyctemera carissima

Nyctemera carissima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan), north-eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia (northern Sumatra) and Myanmar.[1]

Nyctemera carissima
N. c. formosana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. carissima
Binomial name
Nyctemera carissima
(C. Swinhoe, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Deilemera carissima C. Swinhoe, 1891

Taxonomy

Nyctemera formosana is alternatively placed as a synonym of Nyctemera carissima.

References

  1. Spitsyn, V. M.; Bolotov, I. N.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Bolotov, N. I. (July 13, 2015). "First record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Myanmar". Check List. 11 (4). doi:10.15560/11.4.1687. ISSN 1809-127X.


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