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Dysphania palmyra, the long blue tiger moth [1] or blue day moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. [2] It is found in India and Sri Lanka. [3] [4] The caterpillar is known to feed on Carallia brachiata and Camellia sinensis. [5] Colouration is very similar to Dysphania percota.
The common blue butterfly or European common blue [3] (Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings.
Heterosphecia tawonoides, the oriental blue clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae, in the genus Heterosphecia. The sesiids are mimics, in general appearance similar to a bee or wasp . This species was described in 2003 by Axel Kallies, from a specimen collected in 1887.
Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India. It was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. Description
The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [2]
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, [1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Milionia delicatula, commonly known as the blue day flying moth, is a species of geometer moth in the family Geometridae. [1] It is primarily found in the forests of tropical regions, particularly in parts of Southeast Asia , including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...