Neochera dominia

Neochera dominia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Neochera
Species:	N. dominia
Binomial name
	Neochera dominia; (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
	Phalaena dominia Cramer, 1780; Aganais herpa Snellen, 1879; Noctua chione Fabricius, 1781; Phalaena Bombyx eugenia Cramer, 1782 ; Neochera stibosthetia Butler, 1875 ; Hypsa basilissa Meyrick, 1886 ; Neochera heliconides Snellen, 1888 ; Neochera butleri Swinhoe, 1892 ; Neochera zaria Swinhoe, 1892 ; Neochera affinis Rothschild, 1896 ; Neochera fumosa Rothschild, 1896 ; Neochera fuscipennis Rothschild, 1896 ; Neochera javana Rothschild, 1896 ; Neochera papuana Rothschild, 1896 ; Neochera proxima Rothschild, 1896; Neochera echione (Fabricius, 1793);

Neochera dominia is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics from India to Queensland and the Solomons.

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Marsdenia species.

Subspecies

Neochera dominia affinis (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
Neochera dominia basilissa (Australia, Indonesia)
Neochera dominia butleri (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
Neochera dominia contraria (Vanuatu)
Neochera dominia dominia (India, Indonesia)
Neochera dominia eugenia (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines)
Neochera dominia fumosa (Indonesia)
Neochera dominia fuscipennis (Papua New Guinea)
Neochera dominia heliconides (Sumbawa, Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Negros)
Neochera dominia herpa (Indonesia)
Neochera dominia javana (Indonesia)
Neochera dominia papuana (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
Neochera dominia proxima (Indonesia: Java and Timor, Papua New Guinea)
Neochera dominia stibostethia (Buru)

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