Callidrepana gemina

Callidrepana gemina is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in north-eastern India and the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang.[2]

Callidrepana gemina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Callidrepana
Species:
C. gemina
Binomial name
Callidrepana gemina
Watson, 1968

The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. The ground colour is yellowish white, the apical markings, cell-spot and subterminal spots dark reddish brown, while the other markings are yellowish brown. The costa is dull yellowish orange at the base and both wings have bands of brilliant lustrous scales along the veins proximal to the postmedial fascia, along the distal edge of the postmedial fascia and along the basal half of the costa.[3]

Subspecies
  • Callidrepana gemina gemina (north-eastern India)
  • Callidrepana gemina curta Watson, 1968 (China: Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callidrepana gemina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Callidrepana gemina Watson, 1968". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). Supplement 12: 119


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