''Alytarchia leonina'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Gambia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda as well as in India and Sri Lanka.

References

Moths described in 1865 Moths of Africa Moths of Asia Moths of Sri Lanka Nyctemerina {{Nyctemerina-stub