Saliunca flavifrontis

Saliunca flavifrontis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Saliunca
Species:	S. flavifrontis
Binomial name
	Saliunca flavifrontis; Bryk
Synonyms
	Saliunca flavifronsBethune-Baker, 1927 (preocc.);

Last updated March 11, 2024

Saliunca flavifrontis is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was originally described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.^[1] It is found in Cameroon.^[2]

The wingspan is about 33 mm for males and 46 mm for females. The forewings are steel blue with just a tinge of green. There is an indefinite golden-bronze patch well beyond the cell in the radial area, looking purple in some lights. The hindwings are blackish, with the area below the cell and the basal part of the abdominal margin slightly hyaline.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saliunca flavifrontis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ Afromoths
↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saliunca flavifrontis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] Afromoths

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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