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Neochera dominia is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics from India to Queensland and the Solomons.

Neochera dominia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Neochera
Species:	N. dominia
Binomial name
Neochera dominia (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
Phalaena dominia Cramer, 1780 Aganais herpa Snellen, 1879 Noctua chione Fabricius, 1781 Phalaena Bombyx eugenia Cramer, 1782 Neochera stibosthetia Butler, 1875 Hypsa basilissa Meyrick, 1886 Neochera heliconides Snellen, 1888 Neochera butleri Swinhoe, 1892 Neochera zaria Swinhoe, 1892 Neochera affinis Rothschild, 1896 Neochera fumosa Rothschild, 1896 Neochera fuscipennis Rothschild, 1896 Neochera javana Rothschild, 1896 Neochera papuana Rothschild, 1896 Neochera proxima Rothschild, 1896 Neochera echione (Fabricius, 1793)

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Marsdenia species.

Subspecies

• Neochera dominia affinis (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
• Neochera dominia basilissa (Australia, Indonesia)
• Neochera dominia butleri (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
• Neochera dominia contraria (Vanuatu)
• Neochera dominia dominia (India, Indonesia)
• Neochera dominia eugenia (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines)
• Neochera dominia fumosa (Indonesia)
• Neochera dominia fuscipennis (Papua New Guinea)
• Neochera dominia heliconides (Sumbawa, Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Negros)
• Neochera dominia herpa (Indonesia)
• Neochera dominia javana (Indonesia)
• Neochera dominia papuana (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
• Neochera dominia proxima (Indonesia: Java and Timor, Papua New Guinea)
• Neochera dominia stibostethia (Buru)

External links

• The Moths of Borneo
• dominia dominia info

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