Amata exapta

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Amata exapta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amata
Species:
A. exapta
Binomial name
Amata exapta
(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis exaptaC. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Ceryx exapta
  • Amata everettiRothschild, 1919

Amata exapta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found on Sumbawa, Flores, Lombok, Java and Pulo Laut. [1]

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References

  1. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Amata exapta Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2020.