Dysphania palmyra: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Dysphania
- Species
- Dysphania palmyra
- Scientific Name
- Dysphania palmyra
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dysphania palmyra
Dysphania palmyra, the long blue tiger moth or blue day moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
The caterpillar is known to feed on Carallia brachiata and Camellia sinensis. Colouration is very similar to Dysphania percota.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dysphania alloides
- Dysphania andamana
- Dysphania andersonii
- Dysphania auroguttata
- Dysphania azurea
- Dysphania bivexillata
- Dysphania cancellata
- Dysphania centralis
- Dysphania contraria
- Dysphania cuprina
- Dysphania cyane
- Dysphania deflavata
- Dysphania discalis
- Dysphania endoleuca
- Dysphania flavidiscalis
- Dysphania glaucescens
- Dysphania goramensis
- Dysphania hyperedys
- Dysphania imperialis
- Dysphania interrupta
- Dysphania jessica
- Dysphania latiplaga
- Dysphania malayanus
- Dysphania malayaria
- Dysphania melleata
- Dysphania militaris
- Dysphania minervaria
- Dysphania nelera
- Dysphania numana
- Dysphania palestraria
- Dysphania palmyra
- Dysphania patula
- Dysphania percota
- Dysphania pilosa
- Dysphania plena
- Dysphania poeyii
- Dysphania porphyroides
- Dysphania prunicolor
- Dysphania sagana
- Dysphania snelleni
- Dysphania subrepleta
- Dysphania tentans
- Dysphania transducta
- Dysphania translucida
- Dysphania tyrianthina
















































