| Aemene taprobanis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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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]
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]
Dordura is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1882. Its only species, Dordura aliena, was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea.
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