Nyctemera carissima
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Nyctemera |
Species: | N. carissima
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Binomial name | |
Nyctemera carissima (C. Swinhoe, 1891)
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Nyctemera carissima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan), north-eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia (northern Sumatra) and Myanmar.[1]
Taxonomy
Nyctemera formosana is alternatively placed as a synonym of Nyctemera carissima.
References
- ^ Spitsyn, V. M.; Bolotov, I. N.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Bolotov, N. I. (July 13, 2015). "First record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Myanmar". Check List. 11 (4). doi:10.15560/11.4.1687. ISSN 1809-127X.