Amauta papilionaris

Amauta papilionaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Amauta
Species: A. papilionaris
Binomial name
Amauta papilionaris
(Walker, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
  • Castnia papilionaris Walker, [1865]
  • Castnia amethystina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia velutina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia strandi Röber, 1927 (preocc.)
  • Castnia strandiata Röber, 1927

Amauta papilionaris is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama.

The wingspan is about 103–135 mm.[2] Adults are dark brown with a transverse yellowish band running parallel to the exterior margin on the forewings. There is a small, colon shaped, yellow spot on the discal area. There is a turquoise band on the hindwings which runs from the costal margin to the anal margin, without touching it.[3]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Amauta at funet
  2. ↑ Butterflies & Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
  3. ↑ Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments
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