Eospilarctia yuennanica

Eospilarctia yuennanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Eospilarctia
Species:	E. yuennanica
Binomial name
*Eospilarctia yuennanica* (Daniel, 1943)
Synonyms
Spilarctia yuennanica Daniel, 1943

Eospilarctia yuennanica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China and Vietnam.^[1]

The wingspan is 59–66 mm.

Subspecies

Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica (China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana Saldaitis et al., 2012 (Vietnam: Chapa, Mount Fan-si-pan)

Eospilarctia guangdonga was formerly treated as a subspecies of Eospilarctia yuennanica.

Gallery

Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male
Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica male
Eospilarctia yuennanica fansipana male

References

↑ Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo – Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies

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