Aemene taprobanis

Aemene taprobanis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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]

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

^ Savela, Markku. "Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ 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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[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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