Euchromia folletii

Euchromia folletii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Euchromia
Species:
E. folletii
Binomial name
Euchromia folletii
Synonyms
  • Glaucopis folletii Guérin-Méneville, 1832
  • Glaucopis formosa Boisduval, 1833
  • Euchromia formosa

Euchromia folletii, the South African day-flying moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1832. It is found on the Comoros and Seychelles, as well as in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Tanzania and as of recent times some parts of Nigeria too.[1]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
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