''Dysauxes parvigutta'' 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 ...

. It was described by

Hugo Theodor Christoph Hugo Theodor Christoph (16 April 1831 – 5 November 1894) was a German and Russian entomologist. Born in Herrnhut in Saxony, Hugo Theodor Christoph moved to Russia in 1858. He became a member of the Russian Entomological Society in 1861. From 18 ...

in 1889. It is found in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

., 2006: A review of syntomids (Lepidoptera: Syntomidae) of Russia and adjacent territories. Part 2. Genus ''Dysauxes'' Hübner, 1826. ''Eversmannia'' 6: 27-49.

Subspecies

*''Dysauxes parvigutta parvigutta'' *''Dysauxes parvigutta guttulifera'' Ignatyev & Zolotuhin, 2006 (northern Iran)

References

Arctiidae genus list
''Butterflies and Moths of the World''. Natural History Museum, London. Syntomini Moths described in 1889 {{Syntomini-stub