''Dysphania'' is a genus of colourful moths in the family

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and typical of the

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Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast

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Description

Most ''Dysphania'' are day flying, but there are also

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species. With a typical wingspan of , they are relatively large compared to many other members of this family.

Species

Species include (incomplete list): * '' Dysphania ares'' (Weymer, 1885) * '' Dysphania bivexillata'' Prout, 1912 * '' Dysphania cuprina'' Felder 1874 * '' Dysphania cyane'' (Cramer,

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Dysphania discalis ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Dysphania electra'' Weymer, 1885 * ''

Dysphania flavidiscalis ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' Warren, 1895 * '' Dysphania glaucescens'' (Walker, 1861) * '' Dysphania malayanus'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan * ''

Dysphania militaris ''Dysphania militaris'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae that is found from in the tropical regions of South and Southeast Asian countries such as China, India, Bangladesh Myanmar, Vietnam, Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Philippines and J ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia * '' Dysphania numana'' (Cramer,

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- type species as ''

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numana'' - northern Australia,

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island

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Dysphania palmyra ''Dysphania palmyra'', the long blue tiger moth or blue day moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. The caterpillar is known to feed on ''Carallia br ...

'' Stoll, 1790 - Sri Lanka * ''

Dysphania percota ''Dysphania percota'', the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India. It was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. Description It is similar to '' Dysphania palmyra'', but differs in the whole apical a ...

'' (Swinhoe, 1891) - western India * ''

Dysphania poeyii ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) * ''

Dysphania prunicolor ''Dysphania prunicolor'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in India and may be found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known hi ...

'' Moore, 1879 - India and Sri Lanka * ''

Dysphania sagana ''Dysphania sagana'' is moth species in the family Geometridae first described by Druce in 1882. It is yellow and black and is found in southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Description The basal half o ...

'' (Druce, 1882) - Indochina, Sumatra * ''

Dysphania snelleni ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Pagenstecher, 1886) * ''

Dysphania subrepleta ''Dysphania subrepleta'' is a species of false tiger moth (genus ''Dysphania'') in the subfamily Geometrinae. Records are from Indo-China and western Malesia including Borneo, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life, where it is a "pro ...

'' (Walker, 1854) - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo * '' Dysphania transducta'' (Walker, 1861)

References

''Dysphania''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5319547 Geometrinae