I found this beautiful moth in the bathroom in the house in Jonggol. So i moved it to a papaya tree in the backyard (the backyard is in front of the bathroom) and take some photos of the moth.
Classification of a tiger moth: Cyana conclusa
| system | Vitae – living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987b | |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda - arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 |
| class | Insecta - insects |
| subclass | Pterygota |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| order | Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies and moths |
| suborder | Glossata |
| infraorder | Heteroneura |
| falanga | Ditrysia |
| superfamily | Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 |
| family | Arctiidae Leach, 1815 - tiger moths |
| subfamily | Lithosiinae |
| Tribus | Nudariini |
| Subtribus | Nudariina |
| Genus | Cyana Walker, 1854 |
| Species | Cyana conclusa Walker, 1862 |
| Source | www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id789600/ |
Camera: Sony Ericsson K800i
Location: Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia
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2 comments:
Stunning captures and great information. I shot this moth some time ago, but was not aware of its name.
hai birdy, nice to see you, and thanks for giving some comments here :-)
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