Catajana

Catajana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Subfamily:	Janinae
Genus:	Catajana ; Strand, 1910
Species:	C. bimaculata
Binomial name
	Catajana bimaculata; (Dewitz, 1879)
Synonyms
	Dreata bimaculataDewitz, 1879; Hemijana bimaculata;

Last updated August 11, 2025

Catajana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Embrik Strand in 1910. Its only species, Catajana bimaculata, described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879,^[1] is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Catajana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Catajana bimaculata (Dewitz, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Catajana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Catajana bimaculata (Dewitz, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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