Eupterote dulcinea

Eupterote dulcinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Eupterote
Species: E. dulcinea
Binomial name
Eupterote dulcinea
Swinhoe, 1901

Eupterote dulcinea is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1901.[1] It is found on Salayar Island, south of Sulawesi.

Adult males are bright chrome-yellow, the antenna, head, thorax and outer portions of the wings slightly darker than the general colour and with a faint indication of a straight discal line on the hindwings, but otherwise absolutely without markings. Females are dark chrome-yellow, absolutely without markings.[2]

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