Cyana saalmuelleri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found on Madagascar.[1]
Cyana saalmuelleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Cyana |
Species: | C. saalmuelleri
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Binomial name | |
Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
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Synonyms | |
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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
edit- Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
- Cyana saalmuelleri pauliani (Toulgoët, 1954)
References
edit- Butler. (1882). "Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica. 3 (26): 1–27.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 324, pl. 27, fig 18
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