Eningia unifasciata
Author 3
Walker, 1858
Description 3
Genus: Head porrect, horizontal, lanceolate, more than twice the length of the prothorax; border elevated above and beneath; a very slight longitudinal furrow above. Prothorax with an almost obsolete keel, slightly convex in the middle and concave on each side of the fore border; its breadth more than thrice its length. Fore wings reticulated with numerous veins and veinlets, which gradually increase in number from the base to the tip. Hind wings with the reticulations also extending over the whole surface, but less numerous and more irregular.
Species: Testaceous, paler beneath. Head ferruginons above. Prothorax with two black dots. Mesothorax with two black dots on each side, and with a black band which is excavated on the hind side. Al domen black above, with two red streaks on each side of the base, pale testaceous towards the tip, with a luteous streak on each side of the upper appendage. Fore wings lurid, here and there reddish, with many black spots and dots, some of them con- fluent. Hind wings lurid, brown for nearly half the length from the tips; veins red. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 15 lines.
a. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection.
Sources and Credits
- Distant, 1907, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Distant, 1907
- (c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Vos
- (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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