Habrosyne violacea

Habrosyne violacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal and Sikkim, India.[2]

Habrosyne violacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Habrosyne
Species:
H. violacea
Binomial name
Habrosyne violacea
(Fixsen, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira violacea Fixsen, 1887
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta chinensis Werny 1966
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta szechwana Werny 1966
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta pallescens Werny 1966
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta Hampson, 1893
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta nigricans Werny 1966
  • Habrosyne argenteipuncta burmanica Werny 1966

Its wingspan is about 38 mm and its forewings are olive brown with some blue-grey streaks from the costa and a silvery subbasal spot below the median nervure. There is a medial dark band with waved edges occupying the middle third of the wing, with some yellow on its outer edge towards the inner margin. The reniform is outlined with blue grey and the marginal area is suffused with blue grey. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

Subspecies
  • Habrosyne violacea violacea (south-eastern Russia, Korean Peninsula, China: Jilin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan, Sichuan)
  • Habrosyne violacea argenteipuncta Hampson, 1893 (Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India: Sikkim, China: Yunnan, Tibet)
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References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Habrosyne argenteipuncta ssp. violacea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 179 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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