''Bucaea simplex'' is a

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of the family

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. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 or 1865. It is found in southern

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(Khandalla, northern Kanara). The wings are yellow, but the forewings are darker and brighter than the hindwings., 2007: The systematic position of the genera ''Bucaea'' Walker, 1866 and ''Tamilarctia'' Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. ''Atalanta'' 38 (1/2): 213-216, colour pl. 10 (p. 316).

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