Aemene taprobanis


Aemene taprobanis is a moth of the family Erebidae, described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in China, the north-western Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka and Malacca.

Description

Head and thorax grey. Tegula usually with a black speck. Forewings grey, more or less suffused with fuscous. Waved sub-basal, antemedial, medial and postmedial black lines present. Postmedial lines excurved round the end of cell and then bent inwards to near the medial band and with some diffused streaks beyond it. A series of marginal specks and a black spot at center of cell and another at end of it. Hindwings pale and more or less suffused with fuscous.

Subspecies

  • Aemene taprobanis taprobanis
  • ''Aemene taprobanis likiangensis''