Acrojana simillima

Acrojana simillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Acrojana
Species: A. simillima
Binomial name
Acrojana simillima
Rothschild, 1932

Acrojana simillima is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1932.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan about 132 mm. Adults are similar to Acrojana splendida, with a salmon-red area on the hindwings. The underside of the abdomen is scarlet mixed with wood-brown and the legs are scarlet edged with wood-brown. The wings are dark wood-brown crossed by two black brown lines, the inner area of the forewings orange-salmon and the cell of the forewings washed with orange-salmon.[3]

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