Paramilionia

Paramilionia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Paramilionia
Bethune-Baker, 1906
Species: P. rubroplagata
Bethune-Baker, 1906
Binomial name
Paramilionia rubroplagata

Paramilionia is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. At present there is only one species in this genus: Paramilionia rubroplagata that was described from Sierra Leone. Although, there are some doubts about the labels of the types and this is possibly a synonyme of the South American Sangala gloriosa[1]

It has a wingspan of 50mm. The wings are blackish, with a strong deep blue metallic lustre.[2]

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