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Cyana grandis

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Cyana grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyana
Species:
C. grandis
Binomial name
Cyana grandis
(Mabille, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Bizone grandis Mabille, 1879

Cyana grandis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

This species is white, with three transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is 48 millimetres (1.9 in).[2]

References

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  • Mabille (1879). "Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novae". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique. (7) 3: 132–144.
  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana grandis (Mabille, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 305, pl. 26, fig 18
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