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Caryatis phileta

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Caryatis phileta
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Caryatis
Species: C. phileta
Binomial name
Caryatis phileta
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena phileta Drury, 1782

Caryatis phileta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

Description

The moth's antennae are black and setaceous. Its thorax is red, spotted, and striped with black. Its abdomen is yellow, with black streaks crossing it. The anterior wings are sooty black, with a white band crossing each from the anterior edges to the lower corners. Their posterior wings are yellow, with a black border running along the external edges.

Underside: Head and neck red. Legs streaked black and white. Breast and abdomen yellow, the latter spotted with black on each side. Wings coloured as on the upperside. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 2+1⁄4 inches (57 mm).

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 32. pl. XXII.
Taxon identifiers
Caryatis phileta


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