Argina amanda

Argina amanda, the cheetah, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847.^[1]

Argina amanda
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Argina
Species:	A. amanda
Binomial name
Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
Euchelia amanda Boisduval, 1847 Deiopeia cingulifera Walker, 1854 Deiopeia serrata Mabille, 1879 Xanthesthes albocincta Rambur, 1866 Deiopeia ocellina Walker, 1854

Description

Argina amanda has a wingspan up to 40 millimetres (1.6 in) across. The uppersides of the forewings are orange, except the black markings with some white around them. The hindwings are orange too, with black spots on the edges. The undersides of the wings are very similar to the uppersides. The caterpillars feed on the young leaves and pods of Crotalaria species (Fabaceae).

Distribution

This species is widespread in tropical Africa (Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and in Madagascar.