| Arctiidae |
Footmen, Tiger and Ermine moths |
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These are some of
the most brightly coloured moths I find- either because they are poisonous
or they mimic species which are. If you are a potential predator I guess
you don't bother finding out which. |
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| Arctiidae,
Argina argus in the zoo on the last night of the old millenium |
Argina argus |
Cyana bianca (female) (Lithosiinae) |
Cyana bellissima (male) |
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These Handmaidens are day flying moths
usually found in long grasses
(Syntominae, Ceryx imaon) |
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Cyana
coccinea f. flavotincta (male)Lithosiinae |
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| Eressa confinis,
Arctiidae, Synotominae |
Lithosiinae) - Lyclene
spec. |
Lithosiinae) - Lyclene spec. |
Eugoa
basipuncta(Lithosiinae) |
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Lithosiinae, Garudinia spec. (a new
species?) |
Cyana hamata (female) |
Arctiinae - Tatargina picta (Walker, [1865],
1864)(Deiopeia) |
Lithosiinae,
Macrobrochis prasena |
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| Nyctemera coleta, a day-flying moth of the
Marbled White group. Common in secondary growth |
Aloa lactinea |
Creatonotos transiens
(Arctiinae) |
Cyana bellissima (female) |
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| Barsine
eccentropis |
Hesudra spec. |
Cyana catorhoda (male)(Lithosiinae) |
Areas galactina |
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| Barsine gratiosa
Lithosiinae |
Barsine maculifasciata |
Lithosiinae - Macrobrochis prasena |
Macrobrochis gigas
again |
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| Amerila astreus
(Arctiinae) |
Lyclene spec. |
Lyclene
spec. |
Lyclene
spec. |
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| Lyclene spec. |
Lemyra maculifascia |
Cyana
coccinea (male) Lithosiinae |
Rajendra
tripartita |
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| Barsine cuneonotatus |
Utetheisa
sp. |
Argina
astrea |
Argina
argus Kollar, [1844] |
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| syntomine Arctid
sp. |
Lemyra spec. |
Lemyra
melli |
Vamuna
remelana |
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Spilosoma spec. |
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| Schistophleps spec. |
Barsine
euprepioides |
Adites frigida |
Macotasa
costalis |
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Barsine gratiosa |
Miltochrista spec.
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Lyclene
spec. |
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| Barsine
euprepioides |
Barsine
gratiosa |
Barsine eccentropis |
female
of the Syntomid Caeneressa diaphana (Kollar, 1848). |
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Creatonotos gangis |
Vamuna
remelana |
Vamuna
remelana |
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| Utetheisa
(Pitasila) varians |
Lyclene
spec. |
Syntominae |
Lyclene spec. |
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| Spilosoma
multiguttata |
"Eilema"
spec. female |
Lyclene
spec. |
Cyana
effracta |
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| Lyclene
spec. |
"Eilema"
spec. male |
Brunia
spec. |
Lyclene
spec. |
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Lithosiinae |
Lemyra melli |
Lyclene spec. |
Barsine spec. |
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Macrobrochis sp. nr prasena (Lithosiinae) |
Macrobrochis sp. nr prasena (Lithosiinae) |
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Chrysorabdia bivitta Walker male Lithosinae |
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