Paramarane

Paramarane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910
Species:	P. pulchra
Binomial name
Paramarane pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1910

Paramarane is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Paramarane pulchra, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910. ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is about 51 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a yellow costa and with an oblique waved yellow postmedial line with a finer dark brown central line. The hindwings are uniform golden yellow. ^[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Paramarane pulchra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6 (35): 450 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .