Rajendra biguttata

Rajendra biguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Rajendra
Species: R. biguttata
Binomial name
Rajendra biguttata
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Aloa biguttata Walker, 1855
  • Alphaea biguttata
  • Estigmene biguttata
  • Aloa nigricans Moore, 1872
  • Rajendra nigricans
  • Alphaea nigricans
  • Estigmene nigricans
  • Rajendra lativitta Moore, 1879
  • Estigmene perrottetii Hampson, 1901
  • Rajendra irregularis Moore, 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]

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

  • Rajendra biguttata biguttata
  • Rajendra biguttata irregularis (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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