Elcysma Explained

Elcysma is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.

Selected species

• Elcysma delavayi Oberthür, 1891
• Elcysma dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)
• Elcysma westwoodi (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863)  - white-tailed zygaenid
• Elcysma ziroensis (Chada, Gogoi & Young, 2017) Apatani glory

References

• Koshioa, C., Murajia, M., Tatsutab, H. & Kudoa, S.-I. (2007). "Sexual selection in a moth: effect of symmetry on male mating success in the wild". Behavioral Ecology. 18 (3): 571-578.