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Rajendra biguttata

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Rajendra biguttata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Description

Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on fore wing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hind wings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.

Subspecies

  • Rajendra biguttata biguttata
  • Rajendra biguttata irregularis (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)
  • References

    Rajendra biguttata Wikipedia


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