Dysphania percota
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| authority = (C. Swinhoe, 1891)
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Dysphania percota, the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India. It was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891.
Description
It is similar to Dysphania palmyra, but differs in the whole apical area of the forewings being deep purple from the discocellular spot and postmedial line to outer margin, with two small blue spots below the sub-costals and one on inner margin near outer angle. Hindwings never with any trace of yellow.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1895 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
Gallery
File:Dysphania percota late instar.JPG|Late instar from Tuvvur, Malappuram, India
File:Dysphania percota pupa.JPG|Caterpillar from Tuvvur
File:Dysphania percota adult.JPG|Adult from Tuvvur
File:Blue Tiger Moth1.jpg|From Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
File:വെങ്കണനീലി_നിശാശലഭത്തിന്റെ_ലാർവ.jpg From Arthunkal, Alappuzha, Kerala.
