Rajendra biguttata

Rajendra biguttata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Rajendra
Species:
R. biguttata
Binomial name
Rajendra biguttata
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Aloa biguttata Walker, 1855
  • Alphaea biguttata
  • Estigmene biguttata
  • Aloa nigricans Moore, 1872
  • Rajendra nigricans
  • Alphaea nigricans
  • Estigmene nigricans
  • Rajendra lativitta Moore, 1879
  • Estigmene perrottetii Hampson, 1901
  • Rajendra irregularis Moore, 1882
  • Alphaea irregularis
  • Estigmene irregularis

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

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 the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.