| Hypocala violacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Hypocala |
| Species: | H. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879 | |
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Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Description
Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hindwings and ventral side of forewings are rather narrow. The larvae feed on Diospyros species.
References
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Hypocala violacea Butler". The Moths of Borneo.
External links
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| Hypocala violacea | |
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