Eupterote Dulcinea
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''Eupterote dulcinea'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found on
Selayar Island Selayar is the main island of the Selayar Islands (''Kepulauan Selayar''). It lies off the coast of Cape Bira of South Sulawesi Province. The Selayar Straits separate it from the mainland of Sulawesi. Its main city is Benteng, towns to the so ...
, south of
Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
. Adult males are bright chrome yellow, the antenna, head, thorax and outer portions of the wings are slightly darker than the general colour and with a faint indication of a straight discal line on the hindwings, but otherwise absolutely without markings. Females are dark chrome yellow, absolutely without markings."New and little-known Moths from India and Australia"


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Moths described in 1901 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub