Hypocala violacea

Hypocala violacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypocala
Species:	H. violacea
Binomial name
	Hypocala violacea; Butler, 1879
Synonyms
	Hypocala clarissima Butler, 1892; Hypocala kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906;

Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Description

Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hindwings and ventral side of forewings are rather narrow. The larvae feed on Diospyros species.

References

↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ "Hypocala violacea Butler". The Moths of Borneo.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] "Hypocala violacea Butler". The Moths of Borneo.