Nyctemera tripunctaria explained

Nyctemera tripunctaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in southern China, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Sundaland, the Philippines and on Sulawesi.^[1]

Adults are day flying.^[2]

Subspecies

• Nyctemera tripunctaria tripunctaria
• Nyctemera tripunctaria aequimargo (Rothschild, 1920)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria assimile (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) (Java)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria celsa Walker, 1864 (Cambodia, southern China)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria cydippe Weymer, 1885 (Nias)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria lombokiana (Swinhoe, 1903)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria simalura Roepke, 1957 (Simalur Island)
• Nyctemera tripunctaria subvelata Walker, 1864 (Sulawesi)

References

• de Vos . Rob . Černý . Karel . 1999 . A review of the Philippine species of the genus Nyctemera Hübner, [1820] with descriptions of new species and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae) ]. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo . N.F. . 20 . 2 . 133–188.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Nyctemera tripunctaria (Linnaeus, 1758) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 4, 2019.
2. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Nyctemera tripunctaria Linnaeus . The Moths of Borneo . September 4, 2019.