Zygaena cambysea

Zygaena cambysea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. cambysea
Binomial name
	Zygaena cambysea; Lederer, 1870

Zygaena cambysea is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the Middle East, including Iran. It is rosy-red like cuvieri, but differs in the body being entirely black, without red collar and belt.In the form rosacea Rom. from Armenia the spots of the forewing are so merged together that the wings appear almost evenly carmine. [1]

Subspecies

Zygaena cambysea cambysea (Iran)
Zygaena cambysea kamarana
Zygaena cambysea hafis Reiss, 1938 (Iran)

References

Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.