Gonojana magnifica
| Gonojana magnifica | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Eupterotidae | 
| Genus: | Gonojana | 
| Species: | G. magnifica 
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonojana magnifica (Rothschild, 1917) 
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Gonojana magnifica is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917.[1] It is found in Nigeria.[2]
The wingspan about 67 mm. The forewings are thinly scaled purplish chocolate with a whitish streak on the discocellulars and a darker postmedian line inside of which are varying clouded areas of whitish scales. The hindwings are orange-rufous, with the outer one-third purplish chocolate.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Vianga magnifica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
 - ^ Afro Moths
 - ^ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): 492 
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