Catocala puerperoides is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vasiliy D. Kravchenko et al. in 2008. It is restricted to more northern parts of Iran, reaching the southernmost distribution in southeastern Zagros, provinces Azerbayejan-e-Sharqi (eastern Azerbaijan), Mazandaran, Tehran, Lorestan, Khuzestan and Kohkiluye va Boyer-Ahmad.
| Catocala puerperoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. puerperoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Catocala puerperoides Kravchenko et al., 2008
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The wingspan is 73–84 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October.[1]
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- ^ Müller, Gunter; Kravchenko, Vasiliy; Witt, Thomas; Junnila, Amy; Mooser, J.; Saldaitis, Aidas; Reshöft, K.; Ivinskis, Povilas; Zahiri, Reza & Speidel, Wolfgang (2008). "New underwing taxa of the section of Catocala lesbia Christoph, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 18 (1): 30-49.
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