Acromantis indica

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Acromantis indica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Genus: Acromantis
Species:
A. indica
Binomial name
Acromantis indica
Giglio-Tos, 1915

Acromantis indica, common name Burmese mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Myanmar [1] and elsewhere in Indo-China.

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A. indica may refer to:

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H. grandis may refer to:

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