Dysphania is a genus of colourful moths in the family Geometridae and typical of the tribe Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast Australia, Melanesia, and south, east and southeast Asia.
Description
Most Dysphania are day flying, but there are also nocturnal species. With a typical wingspan of , they are relatively large compared to many other members of this family.
Species
Species include (incomplete list):
- Dysphania ares <small>(Weymer, 1885)</small>
- Dysphania bivexillata <small>Prout, 1912</small>
- Dysphania cuprina <small>Felder 1874</small>
- Dysphania cyane <small>(Cramer, [1780])</small>
- Dysphania discalis <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Dysphania electra <small>Weymer, 1885</small>
- Dysphania flavidiscalis <small>Warren, 1895</small>
- Dysphania glaucescens <small>(Walker, 1861)</small>
- Dysphania malayanus <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1843)</small> - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan
- Dysphania militaris <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia
- Dysphania numana <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small> - type species as Phalaena numana - northern Australia, Kiriwina island
- Dysphania palmyra <small>Stoll, 1790</small> - Sri Lanka
- Dysphania percota <small>(Swinhoe, 1891)</small> - western India
- Dysphania poeyii <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1831)</small>
- Dysphania prunicolor <small>Moore, 1879</small> - India and Sri Lanka
- Dysphania sagana <small>(Druce, 1882)</small> - Indochina, Sumatra
- Dysphania snelleni <small>(Pagenstecher, 1886)</small>
- Dysphania subrepleta <small>(Walker, 1854)</small> - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo
- Dysphania transducta <small>(Walker, 1861)</small>
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