| Poloma angulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Poloma |
| Species: | P. angulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Poloma angulata Walker, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Poloma angulata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. [1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape). [2]
Adults are brown, reddish ferruginous beneath. The wings have two zigzag slender middle brown bands, the outer one with a testaceous border on the outer side. These bands are more undulating on the underside. The forewings are several shades of brown, with a slightly curved testaceous band at one-fourth of the length, and with a very large reddish ferruginous patch along the middle part of the costa. This patch is deeply notched on its hind side, and contains a brown dot and a zigzag brown streak. The underside and hindwings are reddish ferruginous. [3]
The larvae feed on Olinia ventosa and Canthium ventosum .
Mycalesis oculus, the red-disc bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in southern India. It is similar in markings to Mycalesis adolphei but distinguished by the reddish band around the large apical spots on the upper forewings.
Odontoptilum angulata, the chestnut angle or banded angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is found in India and southeast Asia.
Appias indra, the plain puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia.
Miletus symethus, the great brownie, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.
Vindula erota, the common cruiser, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Cigaritis elima, the scarce shot silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Sri Lanka and India. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1877.
Horaga onyx, the common onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.
Macroglossum milvus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion and Mauritius.
Charaxes cynthia, the western red charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Angola, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Charaxes viola, the savanna demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of dry savanna and dry forests.
Abisara bifasciata, the double-banded Judy or twospot plum Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Asia.
Negera confusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
Poloma is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae.
Gracilanja is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae erected by Thierry Bouyer in 2011. Its single species, Gracilanja gracilis, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Palirisa lineosa is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Poloma nigromaculata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. It is found in South Africa.
Dichomeris decusella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Yemen (Socotra).
Epiphractis crocoplecta is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. This species was described from a specimen from Three Sisters in South Africa.
Lecithocera punctigeneralis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.
Pedoptila thaletes is a moth in the family Himantopteridae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in the Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
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