Dactyloceras lucina | |
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upper and underside of male in Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Brahmaeidae |
Genus: | Dactyloceras |
Species: | D. lucina
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Binomial name | |
Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1782)
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Dactyloceras lucina is a species of very large moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found in central and west Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.[1]