Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Arctiinae
- Genus: Lemyra
- Species: L. everetti
Authority
- The species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910.
Distribution
- Lemyra everetti is known from the island of Borneo and adjacent regions of the Malay Archipelago.
Habitat
- As with other members of the genus Lemyra, this moth inhabits tropical forest environments, where its larvae feed on a variety of herbaceous plants.
Morphology
- Adults display the typical coloration of tiger moths, with patterned forewings that provide camouflage against bark and leaf litter. Precise wing span and coloration details are recorded in the original description but are not widely reproduced in publicly available literature.
Etymology
- The specific epithet everetti honors the British naturalist and collector Alfred Hart Everett (1856–1895), who collected numerous specimens from the Malay Archipelago during the late 19th century.
References
- Rothschild, W. (1910). Descriptions of new Arctiidae. Novitates Zoologicae, 17, 1‑12.
- Savela, M. (2024). Lemyra everetti Rothschild, 1910. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved from https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/arctiinae/lemyra/#everetti
- Pitkin, B., & Jenkins, P. (2022). Search results Family: Arctiidae. Natural History Museum, London.
Note: The information presented reflects the data available in recognized taxonomic references.
