Pseudojana perspicuifascia

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Pseudojana perspicuifascia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Pseudojana
Species:
P. perspicuifascia
Binomial name
Pseudojana perspicuifascia
Rothschild, 1917

Pseudojana perspicuifascia is a species of moth of the family Eupterotidae first described by Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Sundaland and on Nias.

The ground colour of the wings is dark red to purplish red. The forewings marked with a series of transverse, more or less straight fasciae.

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