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Habrosyne violacea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Habrosyne

Habrosyne violacea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal and India (Sikkim).

Its wingspan is about 38 mm and its forewings are olive-brown with some blue-grey streaks from the costa and a silvery subbasal spot below the median nervure. There is a medial dark band with waved edges occupying the middle third of the wing, with some yellow on its outer edge towards the inner margin. The reniform is outlined with blue-grey and the marginal area is suffused with blue-grey. The hindwings are fuscous.

Subspecies

  • Habrosyne violacea violacea (south-eastern Russia, Korean Peninsula, China: Jilin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan, Sichuan)
  • Habrosyne violacea argenteipuncta Hampson, 1893 (Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India: Sikkim, China: Yunnan, Tibet)
  • References

    Habrosyne violacea Wikipedia