Habrosyne violacea
| Habrosyne violacea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Habrosyne |
| Species: | H. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Habrosyne violacea (Fixsen, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Habrosyne violacea is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal and India (Sikkim).[2]
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.[3]
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
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
- ↑ The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma
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