Rajendra biguttata

Rajendra biguttata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from southern India to north-eastern India and in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Rajendra biguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Rajendra
Species:	R. biguttata
Binomial name
Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
Aloa biguttata Walker, 1855 Alphaea biguttata Estigmene biguttata Aloa nigricans Moore, 1872 Rajendra nigricans Alphaea nigricans Estigmene nigricans Rajendra lativitta Moore, 1879 Estigmene perrottetii Hampson, 1901 Rajendra irregularis Moore, 1882 Alphaea irregularis Estigmene irregularis

Description

Head and thorax are black. Vertex of the head with a white band. Abdomen crimson dorsally and black ventrally with a series of short dorsal black bands. The species has white fascia on the forewing which is broader and elbowed at vein 2 which runs from base to the apex. Hindwings crimson with black cilia. In Sri Lankan subspecies, cilia are whitish.^[2]

Subspecies

• Rajendra biguttata biguttata
• Rajendra biguttata irregularis (Moore, 1882) (Sri Lanka)