Rajendra biguttata
Rajendra biguttata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Rajendra |
| Species: | R. biguttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855) | |
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Description
Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.[2]
Subspecies
- Rajendra biguttata biguttata
- Rajendra biguttata irregularis (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)
References
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 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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