Dactyloceras lucina

Dactyloceras lucina
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
Binomial name
Dactyloceras lucina
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Attacus) lucina Drury, 1782

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.

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