Juxtarctia
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Juxtarctia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae
, endemic for Himalayas
. It contains one species: Juxtarctia multiguttata
(F. Walker
, 1855).
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
, endemic for Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
. It contains one species: Juxtarctia multiguttata
Juxtarctia multiguttata
Juxtarctia multiguttata is a polymorphic tiger-moth in the family Arctiidae, endemic for Himalayas. It is known from India: North-West Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam; Nepal; Bhutan; Burma ; China: Tibet within western slopes of the Himalayas; Indochina .- Synonymy :* Juxtarctia multiguttata Juxtarctia...
(F. Walker
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1855).