''Cyana saalmuelleri'' 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'') ...

first described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner Butl ...

in 1882. It is found on

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. This species is white, with two transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is .Hampson, 1900, ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 2: 324, pl. 27, fig 18
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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.

External links

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