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Cyana saalmuelleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Cyana
Species:	C. saalmuelleri
Binomial name
Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
Bizone saalmuelleri Butler, 1882 Chionaema pauliani Toulgoët, 1954 Chionaema suberythraea Toulgoët, 1971 Chionaema saalmuelleri Hampson, 1900

Cyana saalmuelleri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found on Madagascar.

This species is white, with two transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is 48–50 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in).

Subspecies

• Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
• Cyana saalmuelleri pauliani (Toulgoët, 1954)

References

• Butler. (1882). "Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica. 3 (26): 1–27.

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana saalmuelleri saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
2. Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 324, pl. 27, fig 18

External links

• Illustration on Hampson Plate. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: plate 27, fig.18

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