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Tiger Moth, Female

Cyana bianca

2 Species ID Suggestions

Arctiid moth
Cyana sp. Cyana


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20 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thank you so much bayucca for all the effort. Edit'll be done right away.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

The suggested ID of Cyana bianca was confirmed by Roger Kendrick!
So you might delete the cf. :-)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndianMo...

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the follow up.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks bayucca, Adarsha and LandmarkExpert for making it favourite.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Looks like this is really the case...
Females with 2 spots, males with 3 spots:
http://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papu...
I will ask for a confirmation of the ID, since it might be that Cyana determinata and Cyana bianca are synonyms and the actual taxon might be Cyana determinata:
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/nuda...

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the guidence. Your ref. mothsofborneo.com shows two pictures: male with three black dots and female two, like this one. Could you recheck once?

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Namgyal, I am not so sure if it really is the female. I suggest, that you mentioned that in the description field:" Might be the female"., but delete it in the titel, unless it is confirmed by an expert. Thanks for your confidence, but we should be sure about this.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks ShannaB and MonaMoazen for making it favourite.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Chamalka and LuckyLogan for making it favourite..

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the ID, and all the details and references.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Leana Lahom-Cristobal for the like.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini/Nudariini?, Cyana sp. and looks like being Cyana bianca. Could be the female?
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/nuda...
Cyana is quite a complex genus. And I am not sure how trustable all the IDs on the net really are.
http://www.titlitrust.com/Arctiidae_Lith...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50307457@N0...
http://norfolkbirderinthailand.blogspot....
Cyana malayensis is most probably not found in India and has only one black spot, not two like yours.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/nuda...

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Tom 15 for the like.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks EmilieChich for the ID suggestion.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Reza for making it favourite.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Marta for the comment and making it favourite.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 10 years ago

Thanks Daniele for the lead.

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 10 years ago

Cyana malayensis

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Beautiful!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

This is a moth in the family Arctiidae, genus Cyana. I hope someone else can help you further!

DrNamgyalTSherpa
Spotted by
DrNamgyalTSherpa

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Nov 3, 2013
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014

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