Milleriana adalifa

Milleriana adalifa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Milleriana
Species:	M. adalifa
Binomial name
*Milleriana adalifa* (Doubleday, 1847)
Synonyms
Gynautocera adalifa Doubleday, 1847 Chalcosia virginalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 Chalcosia candida Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 Cyclosia cardinalis Moore, 1879 Milleriana cyanivena Hampson, 1892 Epyrgis forbesi Druce, 1882 Cyclosia fuliginosa Walker, 1854 Milleriana fuhoshonis Strand, 1916 Chalcosia nitida Jordan, 1907 Cyclosia subcyanescens Walker, 1854

Milleriana adalifa is a moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Asia.

The forewings are dusky white, with black veins. The hindwings are pure white, clouded with pale chrome-yellow from the anal angle to beyond the middle. The apex and the outer margin are black.^[1]

Subspecies

Milleriana adalifa adalifa (India, Burma)
Milleriana adalifa candida (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Sumatra, Java)
Milleriana adalifa fuhoshonis Strand, 1916 (Taiwan)

References

↑ Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London

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