Euchromia magna

Euchromia magna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Euchromia
Species:	E. magna
Binomial name
	Euchromia magna; (C. Swinhoe, 1891)
Synonyms
	Syntomis magna C. Swinhoe, 1891;

Euchromia magna is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Hindwings with vein 3 and 4 stalked. Body blue black. Antennae with white distal part. Abdomen with two yellow bands. Forewing with a small sub-basal, two large medial, one sub-apical and two sub-marginal hyaline spots. Hindwings with a large basal hyaline patch crossed by the sub-costal and median veins and a sub-marginal spot crossed by veins 4 and 6.[3]

References

Savela, Markku. "Euchromia magna (Swinhoe, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Euchromia magna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Euchromia magna (Swinhoe, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Euchromia magna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.