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Friday 11 September 2015

Erebus ephesperis - Sikkim Moth




Scientific Classification

Kingdom:            Animalia
Phylum:               Arthropoda
Class:                    Insecta
Order:                  Lepidoptera
Family:                 Erebidae
Subfamily:           Erebinae
Tribe:                   Erebini
Genus:                  Erebus
Species:                 E. ephesperis
Binomial name:    Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)

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Special feature:  It has a wingspan of about 9 cm.