Euthyone muricolor

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Euthyone muricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Euthyone
Species:E. muricolor
Binomial name
Euthyone muricolor
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Thyone muricolorSchaus, 1905

Euthyone muricolor is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in French Guiana. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

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French Guiana Overseas region and department of France in South America

French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France, on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas. It borders Brazil to the east and south and Suriname to the west. Since 1981, when Belize became independent, French Guiana has been the only territory of the mainland Americas that is still part of a European country.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Euthyone muricolor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 4, 2018.


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