Hypocala violacea

Hypocala violacea
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
	Hypocala clarissima Butler, 1892; Hypocala kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906;

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.^[1] ^[2] 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.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] "Hypocala violacea Butler". The Moths of Borneo.

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