Paramilionia
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| Paramilionia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Paramilionia Bethune-Baker, 1906 |
| Species: | P. rubroplagata
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Paramilionia is a monotypic 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.[1]
It has a wingspan of 50 mm. The wings are blackish, with a strong deep blue metallic lustre.[2]
References
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