Mpanjaka elegans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in central Madagascar.[1]
Mpanjaka elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
Genus: | Mpanjaka |
Species: | M. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Mpanjaka elegans (Butler, 1882) | |
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The wings are white, speckled with black scales, particularly upon the basal third that is limited by a brown stripe. It wears a zigzagged pale black post-median line. The head is whity-brown and the palpi black. The antennae are white, black speckles with brown pectinations.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 51 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mpanjaka elegans | |
Dasychira elegans |
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