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''Cyligramma magus'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
first described by
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist. Life and work Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of ...
in 1844. It is found in most of
Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
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References

Catocalinae Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of West Africa Lepidoptera of Uganda Lepidoptera of Angola Lepidoptera of Ethiopia Lepidoptera of Malawi Lepidoptera of Tanzania Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Moths of Madagascar Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Owlet moths of Africa Moths described in 1844 {{Catocalinae-stub