Telchin syphax

Telchin syphax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Telchin
Species: T. syphax
Binomial name
Telchin syphax
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio syphax Fabricius, 1775
  • Erythrocastnia syphax
  • Papilio harmodius Cramer, [1779]
  • Castnia pirrha Dalla Torre, 1913
  • Erythrocastnia syphax ab. interrupta Lathy, 1922

Telchin syphax is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is widely distributed in the Amazon basin in South America.

The wingspan is 100–130 mm. Adults are very dark brown. There is a slightly sinuous white band on the forewing that crosses the discal cell from the costal margin to the inner angle. There is a row of six spots found at the apical region of the wing. These spots are divided into two groups of three. There is a row of seven to eight red spots found on the hindwing, running parallel to the external margin.[2]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Telchin at funet
  2. ↑ Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments
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