Catocala fraxini

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Catocala fraxini
Blue Underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. fraxini
Binomial name
Catocala fraxini
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Blue Underwing (Catocala fraxini), also known as Clifden Nonpareil, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe and north and east Asia.

The caterpillars feed on various species of poplar.

Subspecies

  • Catocala fraxini fraxini
  • Catocala fraxini jezoensis Matsumura, 1931
  • Catocala fraxini legionensis Gómez Bustillo & Vega Escandon, 1975
  • Catocala fraxini yuennanensis Mell, 1936


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