Spirama helicina
| Spirama helicina | |
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| Spirama helicina from Ratchaburi Province, Western Thailand | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Spirama |
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S. helicina
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1831)[1]
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Spirama helicina is a moth of the Erebidae family.
The wingspan is 60–70 mm. As in many species of genus Spirama, the pattern on the wings when the moth is resting looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.
Distribution
It is found in Russia (south-eastern Siberia, Ussuri, Primorye), China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), India (Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal), Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Philippines (Negros), Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.[3]
Sexual dimorphism
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File:Spirama-helicinaV3p59e.tiff
Spirama helicina female
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File:Spirama-helicinaMaleV3p59e.tiff
Spirama helicina male
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Speiredonia japonica
Although Speiredonia japonica is an accepted synonym of Spirama helicina,[4] the Speiredonia japonica exemplars in Plate CCXI of the Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum illustrated by Sir George F. Hampson at the turn of the 20th century have a markedly different pattern.
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Speiredonia japonica female. Illustrated by George Hampson (1903-1913)
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File:Speiredonia japonica male.JPG
Speiredonia japonica male. Illustrated by George Hampson
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References
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