Paramilionia

Paramilionia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Paramilionia; Bethune-Baker, 1906
Species:	P. rubroplagata; Bethune-Baker, 1906
Binomial name
	Paramilionia rubroplagata;

Paramilionia is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. At present there is only one species in this genus: Paramilionia rubroplagata that was described from Sierra Leone. Although, there are some doubts about the labels of the types and this is possibly a synonyme of the South American Sangala gloriosa^[1]

It has a wingspan of 50mm. The wings are blackish, with a strong deep blue metallic lustre.^[2]

References

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (12.Sep.2014)
^ Bethune-Baker, 1906a. Descriptions of African Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18:339–346, 473–474.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (12.Sep.2014)

[2] Bethune-Baker, 1906a. Descriptions of African Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18:339–346, 473–474.

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