Telchin syphax

Telchin syphax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Castniidae
Genus:	Telchin
Species:	T. syphax
Binomial name
	Telchin syphax; (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
	Papilio syphax Fabricius, 1775; Erythrocastnia syphax; Papilio harmodius Cramer, [1779]; Castnia pirrha Dalla Torre, 1913; Erythrocastnia syphax ab. interrupta Lathy, 1922;

Telchin syphax is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is widely distributed in the Amazon basin in South America.

The wingspan is 100–130 mm. Adults are very dark brown. There is a slightly sinuous white band on the forewing that crosses the discal cell from the costal margin to the inner angle. There is a row of six spots found at the apical region of the wing. These spots are divided into two groups of three. There is a row of seven to eight red spots found on the hindwing, running parallel to the external margin.[2]

Subspecies

Telchin syphax syphax (Surinam, the Guianas, Venezuela, Trinidad)
Telchin syphax completa (Lathy, 1922) (Brazil)

References

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[1] Telchin at funet

[2] Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine