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]
References
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (12.Sep.2014)
- ↑ Bethune-Baker, 1906a. Descriptions of African Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18:339–346, 473–474.
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