Showing posts with label Erebidae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erebidae. Show all posts

Saturday, 6 August 2022

Thyas coronata (Yellow Underwing) - Sikkim Moth

Place: Shantinagar, Singtam (04.08.2022)


Scientific Classification


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:         Arthropoda

Class:         Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family:         Erebidae

Genus:         Thyas

Species:         T. coronata

Binomial name: Thyas coronata (Fabricius, 1775)

 

Other Names: Yellow Underwing

 

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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)

Other Names:


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