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Catocala nymphaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. nymphaea
Binomial name
	Catocala nymphaea; (Esper, 1787)
Synonyms
	Noctua nymphaea Esper, 1787; Ephesia nymphaea; Noctua vestalis Geyer, [1835]; Catocala conjux Freyer, 1850; Ephesia nymphaea kashmirica Warren, 1913; Ephasia nymphaea kabuli O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Ephesia nymphaea parigilensis Kardakoff, 1937; Catocala vestalis Boisduval, 1829;

Catocala nymphaea is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787. It is found in southern France, Austria, Albania, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Corsica, Sicily, Crete,^[2] North Africa, Anatolia, Afghanistan and Kashmir.

The wingspan is 54–62 millimetres (2.1–2.4 in). Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Quercus ilex.^[3]

Subspecies

^ Taxapad.com
^ "Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Paolo Mazzei; Raniero Panfili; Ilaria Pimpinelli; Diego Reggianti (7 July 1999). "Catocala nymphaea". leps.it. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

Savela, Markku. "Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Lepidoptera Mundi by Christopher Jonko
www.lepiforum.de
www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de

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Catocala nymphaea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. nymphaea
Binomial name
*Catocala nymphaea* (Esper, 1787)^[1]
Synonyms
Noctua nymphaea Esper, 1787 Ephesia nymphaea Noctua vestalis Geyer, [1835] Catocala conjux Freyer, 1850 Ephesia nymphaea kashmirica Warren, 1913 Ephasia nymphaea kabuli O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Ephesia nymphaea parigilensis Kardakoff, 1937 Catocala vestalis Boisduval, 1829