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Euchromia magna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euchromia

Euchromia magna is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Hind wings with vein 3 and 4 stalked. Body blue-black in color. Antennae with white distal part. Abdomen with two yellow bands. Fore wing with a small sub-basal, two large medial, one sub-apical and two sub-marginal hyaline spots. Hind wings with a large basal hyaline patch crossed by the sub-costal and median veins and a sub-marginal spot crossed by veins 4 and 6.

References

Euchromia magna Wikipedia