Rajendra biguttata

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Rajendra biguttata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Rajendra
Species:
R. biguttata
Binomial name
Rajendra biguttata
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Aloa biguttataWalker, 1855
  • Alphaea biguttata
  • Estigmene biguttata
  • Aloa nigricansMoore, 1872
  • Rajendra nigricans
  • Alphaea nigricans
  • Estigmene nigricans
  • Rajendra lativittaMoore, 1879
  • Estigmene perrottetiiHampson, 1901
  • Rajendra irregularisMoore, 1882
  • Alphaea irregularis
  • Estigmene irregularis

Rajendra biguttata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. [1]

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Description

Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.