Mangina argus - Sikkim Moth

Mangina argus

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date:July 16, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Mangina argus

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date:November 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Insecta

Order:            Lepidoptera

Family:           Arctiidae

Genus:            Mangina

Species:           M. argus

Binomial name: Mangina argus (Kollar, [1847])

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Adults are pink except the white spotted markings on forewing, each with small black spot. The hind wings are darker pink with black spots.

Nyctemera muelleri - Sikkim Moth

Nyctemera muelleri 

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date:March 15,  2013
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Arctiidae

Genus:                 Nyctemera

Species:                N. muelleri

Binomial name:    Nyctemera muelleri ((Vollenhoven, 1863)

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Nyctemera adversata (Marbled White Moth - Female) - Sikkim Moth

Nyctemera adversata (Marbled White Moth - Female) 

Place : Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: May 2, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

 

 

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:                Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Arctiidae

Genus:                  Nyctemera

Species:                N. adversata

Binomial name:    Nyctemera adversata, (Schaller, 1788)

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