Speiredonia itynx is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java, Palawan, Sulawesi and the Moluccas. [1]
Speiredonia itynx | |
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Plate XXXVI of Cramer & Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Speiredonia |
Species: | S. itynx
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Binomial name | |
Speiredonia itynx (Fabricius, 1787)
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Their wingspan ranges from 64 to 78 mm. The middle loop of the forewing is produced inwards almost to the discocellulars. There is a rufous spot found on the cell. Specimens very greatly in colour and spots. Some have purplish-grey patches on both wings, and some have ochreous patches on disk and centre of margin of both wings. Another morph has ochreous or white suffusion on sub-marginal area of forewings and postmedial area of hindwings.[2][3]