Nyctemera arctata

Nyctemera arctata
Nyctemera arctata albofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Nyctemera
Species:	N. arctata
Binomial name
Nyctemera arctata Walker, 1856 [1]
Synonyms
Arctata arctata Nyctemera maculosaWalker, 1864 Nyctemera dentifasciaKalis, 1934 Deilemera arctata albofasciataWileman, 1911 Leptosoma scalariumVollenhoven, 1863 Deilemera arctata javanaReich, 1932

Nyctemera arctata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia. The species was described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Subspecies

• Nyctemera arctata arctata (Yunnan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern India, north-eastern India, Burma)
• Nyctemera arctata albofasciata(Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan, Philippines: Luzon)
• Nyctemera arctata scalarium(Vollenhoven, 1863) (Java)
• Nyctemera arctata zerenoides(Butler, 1881) (Sumatra)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera arctata Walker, 1856". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 16, 2018.