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Acrojana simillima

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Eupterotidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acrojana

Acrojana simillima is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1932. It is found in Sierra Leone.

The wingspan about 132 mm. Adults are similar to Acrojana splendida, with a salmon-red area on the hindwings. The underside of the abdomen is scarlet mixed with wood-brown and the legs are scarlet edged with wood-brown. The wings are dark wood-brown crossed by two black brown lines, the inner area of the forewings orange-salmon and the cell of the forewings washed with orange-salmon.

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Acrojana simillima Wikipedia