Rajendra biguttata

Rajendra biguttata

"Rajendra biguttata" is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Rajendra biguttata, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka Captured on the outside wall of our hotel at night. Asia,Rajendra biguttata,Rajendra perrottetii,Sri Lanka,Udawalawa

Appearance

Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.

Naming

*"Rajendra biguttata biguttata"
⤷ "Rajendra biguttata irregularis"

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusRajendra
SpeciesR. biguttata
Photographed in
Sri Lanka