Paramilionia Rubroplagata
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''Paramilionia'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
moth genus in the family Geometridae. At present there is only one species in this genus: ''Paramilionia rubroplagata'', described from Sierra Leone. Although, there are some doubts about the labels of the types and this is possibly a synonym of the South American '' Sangala gloriosa''. Both the genus and species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It has a wingspan of 50 mm. The wings are blackish, with a strong deep blue metallic lustre.Bethune-Baker (1906)
"Descriptions of African Lepidoptera"
''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. (7)18: 339–346, 473–474.


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* Ennominae Monotypic moth genera {{Ennominae-stub