Hibrildes crawshayi is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1896.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Hibrildes |
| Species: | H. crawshayi
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| Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896
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The wingspan is 61 mm. Adults are semitransparent rosy tawny, with slender black veins. The forewings have a short black bar across the end of the cell and the external border is dark grey, dentate-sinuate internally, broad at the apex and narrow at the external angle. The hindwings have a black discocellular dash, the external border rather broadly blackish, enclosing six spots of the ground colour.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Butler, A. G. 1896a. Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera from Nyasa-land. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(104): 162
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