''Rajendra biguttata'' is a

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in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from southern

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to north-eastern India and in

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Description

Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.

Subspecies

*''Rajendra biguttata biguttata'' *''Rajendra biguttata irregularis'' (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)

References

Moths described in 1855 Spilosomina {{Spilosomina-stub