''Cyana amatura'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found on

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. This species is pure white, its wingspan is .Hampson, 1900, ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 2: 323/324
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References

*Walker (1862). "Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq." ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. (3) 1: 70–128.

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