Eupanacra metallica | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Eupanacra |
Species: | E. metallica
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Binomial name | |
Eupanacra metallica | |
Synonyms | |
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Eupanacra metallica is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
It is found from north-western India across Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar to south-western China. [2]
The wingspan is 60–73 mm. It is similar to Eupanacra sinuata, but the upperside ground colour is more orange and the lines on the forewing upperside have a different trajectory. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less brown and the basal area is paler. There is a broad, buff band on the hindwing upperside, while the hindwing underside is largely buff with hints of brown.
The larvae feed on Arisaema tortuosum in India.
Eupanacra metallica | |
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Male, dorsal view | |
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Male, ventral view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Eupanacra |
Species: | E. metallica
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Binomial name | |
Eupanacra metallica | |
Synonyms | |
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Eupanacra metallica is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
It is found from north-western India across Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar to south-western China. [2]
The wingspan is 60–73 mm. It is similar to Eupanacra sinuata, but the upperside ground colour is more orange and the lines on the forewing upperside have a different trajectory. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less brown and the basal area is paler. There is a broad, buff band on the hindwing upperside, while the hindwing underside is largely buff with hints of brown.
The larvae feed on Arisaema tortuosum in India.