Nyctemera cenis

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Nyctemera cenis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. cenis
Binomial name
Nyctemera cenis
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Geometra cenisCramer, 1777
  • Nyctemera (Orphanos) interlectaWalker, 1854
  • Deilemera cenis parvaSwinhoe, 1917

Nyctemera cenis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777 and is found in China (Zhejiang, Yunnan), Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), the north-western Himalayas, north-eastern India and Myanmar. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera cenis (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 4, 2019.