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Apona mandarina

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Apona mandarina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Apona
Species:
A. mandarina
Binomial name
Apona mandarina
(Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Jana mandarina Leech, 1898
  • Palirisa mandarina Leech, 1898

Apona mandarina is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in central and western China.

Adults vary in ground colour from ashy grey to fawn or dark chestnut.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Palirisa mandarina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1898". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.