Dioptis aeliana
Dioptis aeliana is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Henry Walter Bates in 1862. It is found in lowland sites in Amazonian Brazil.
| Dioptis aeliana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Dioptis |
| Species: | D. aeliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioptis aeliana Bates, 1862 | |
It is the only known Dioptis species in which the hindwings are almost completely ochreous orange. It is part of a mimicry complex with Brevioleria aelia (the butterfly that led Bates to name the species), Hyposcada illinissa, Napeogenes sylphis, Oleria gunilla and Oleria ilerdina.
References
- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
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