Catocala nymphaea

Catocala nymphaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
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 family Erebidae. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787. It is found in southern France, Austria, Albania, Portugal, Croatia, 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

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^ 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.
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