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Nyctemera evergista

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Nyctemera evergista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. evergista
Binomial name
Nyctemera evergista
(Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena evergista Stoll, [1781]
  • Leptosoma aeres Boisduval, 1832
  • Nyctemera intercisa Walker, 1864
  • Nyctemera mutabilis Walker, 1864
  • Leptosoma agagles Boisduval, 1832
  • Deilemera uniplaga Swinhoe, 1903

Nyctemera evergista is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Stoll in 1781. It is found on the Moluccas, Seram, Buru and in New Guinea.[1][2]

Subspecies

  • Nyctemera evergista evergista (Seram, Buru, Moluccas: Ambon, Lease Island)
  • Nyctemera evergista agagles (Boisduval, 1932) (Irian-Jaya)
  • Nyctemera evergista bismarckiana de Vos, 2002 (Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, Umboi Island)
  • Nyctemera evergista uniplaga (Swinhoe, 1903) (north-eastern Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea to Milne Bay, D'Entrecasteaux Islands)

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera evergista (Stoll, [1781])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ De Vos, Rob. "Nyctemera (Deilemera) evergista (Stoll, 1782) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.