Caryatis phileta

Caryatis phileta
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Genus: Caryatis
Species: C. phileta
Binomial name
Caryatis phileta
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena phileta Drury, 1782

Caryatis phileta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Drury in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[1]

Description

Upper Side. Antennae black and setaceous. Thorax red, spotted, and striped with black. Abdomen yellow, with black streaks crossing it. Anterior wings sooty black, with a white band crossing each from the anterior edges to the lower corners. Posterior wings yellow, with a black border running along the external edges.

Under Side. Head and neck red. Legs streaked black and white. Breast and abdomen yellow, the latter spotted with black on each side. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 2¼ inches (57 mm).[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 3. p. 32. pl. XXII.