Cyana saalmuelleri

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Cyana saalmuelleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyana
Species:
C. saalmuelleri
Binomial name
Cyana saalmuelleri
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Bizone saalmuelleriButler, 1882
  • Chionaema paulianiToulgoët, 1954
  • Chionaema suberythraeaToulgoët, 1971
  • Chionaema saalmuelleriHampson, 1900

Cyana saalmuelleri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found on Madagascar. [1]

Contents

This species is white, with two transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is 48–50 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in). [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 324, pl. 27, fig 18