Cyana saalmuelleri

Cyana saalmuelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Cyana
Species: C. saalmuelleri
Binomial name
Cyana saalmuelleri
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Bizone saalmuelleri Butler, 1882
  • Chionaema pauliani de Toulgoët, 1954
  • Chionaema suberythraea de Toulgoët, 1971
  • Chionaema saalmuelleri Hampson, 1900

Cyana saalmuelleri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

This species is white, with two transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is 48–50 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in).[2]

Subspecies

  • Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
  • Cyana saalmuelleri pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954)

References

  • Butler 1882b. Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. - Cistula Entomologica 3(26):1–27
  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 324, pl. 27, fig 18


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