''Catocala deuteronympha'' 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 is found from eastern

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. The length of the forewings is about 27 mm. It orients vertically when resting on tree trunks.Webster, R.J., Callahan, A., Godin, J.G., Sherratt, T.N

"Pub Med", February 27, 2009, accessed May 23, 2011.

Subspecies

* ''Catocala deuteronympha deuteronympha'' * ''Catocala deuteronympha dahurica'' Klyuchko, 1992 * ''Catocala deuteronympha omphale'' Butler, 1881 (South-eastern Siberia and Japan) * ''Catocala deuteronympha tschiliensis'' Bang-Haas, 1927

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Catocala, deuteronympha Moths of Asia Moths described in 1861 {{Catocalini-stub