Elcysma ziroensis, the Apatani glory, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. The species was first described by Punyo Chada, Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi and James John Young in 2017. It is endemic to the Arunachal Pradesh, India.[1]
Apatani glory | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Elcysma |
Species: | E. ziroensis
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Binomial name | |
Elcysma ziroensis (P. Chada, M. J. Gogoi & J. J. Young, 2017)
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References
edit- ^ Chada, P.; Gogoi, M. J. & Younge, J. J. (26 December 2017). "A new species of zygaenid moth Elcysma ziroensis (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae:Chalcosiinae) from India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 9 (12): 11060–11066. doi:10.11609/jott.3419.9.12.11060-11066. ISSN 0974-7907.
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