Episcepsis lamia

Episcepsis lamia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Episcepsis
Species:	E. lamia
Binomial name
Episcepsis lamia (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
Heliura lamia Butler, 1877 Epidesma lamia

Episcepsis lamia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in the Amazon region, Guatemala and Costa Rica.^[1]

Description

Head and thorax fuscous brown; two scarlet spots on back of head and two on lower part of tegulae; fore coxae crimson; abdomen metallic blue green, with the rough hair at base blackish; the ventral surface fuscous, with sublateral white lines on basal half. Forewing uniform fuscous brown. Hindwing black, shot with blue; hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area whitish.

Wingspan 34 mm.^[2]

References

1. Episcepsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum

External References

• Episcepsis lamia at BHL
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Episcepsis lamia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.