Nyctemera carissima

Nyctemera carissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species: N. carissima
Binomial name
Nyctemera carissima
(Swinhoe, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Deilemera carissima Swinhoe, 1891

Nyctemera carissima is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan), Taiwan, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), north-eastern India, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia (Malakka) and on northern Sumatra.[1]

Taxonomy

Nyctemera formosana is alternalively placed as a synonym of Nyctemera carissima.

References

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