''Dysphania'' is a genus of colourful moths in the family

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and typical of the

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Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast

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, and

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and

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Description

Most ''Dysphania'' are day flying, but there are also

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species. With a typical wingspan of , they are relatively large compared to many other members of this family.

Species

Species include (incomplete list): * '' Dysphania ares'' (Weymer, 1885) * '' Dysphania bivexillata'' Prout, 1912 * '' Dysphania cuprina'' Felder 1874 * '' Dysphania cyane'' (Cramer,

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* '' Dysphania discalis'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Dysphania electra'' Weymer, 1885 * '' Dysphania flavidiscalis'' Warren, 1895 * '' Dysphania glaucescens'' (Walker, 1861) * '' Dysphania malayanus'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan * ''

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'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia * '' Dysphania numana'' (Cramer, 779 - type species as '' Phalaena numana'' - northern Australia,

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island

* '' Dysphania palmyra'' Stoll, 1790 - Sri Lanka * '' Dysphania percota'' (Swinhoe, 1891) - western India * '' Dysphania poeyii'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) * '' Dysphania prunicolor'' Moore, 1879 - India and Sri Lanka * '' Dysphania sagana'' (Druce, 1882) - Indochina, Sumatra * '' Dysphania snelleni'' (Pagenstecher, 1886) * '' Dysphania subrepleta'' (Walker, 1854) - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo * '' Dysphania transducta'' (Walker, 1861)

References

''Dysphania''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5319547 Geometrinae