Spirama helicina/retorta  
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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
​Tribe: Erebinae incertae sedis
Genus: Spirama

  • Common names: 
  • Distribution: Russia (south eastern Siberia, Ussuri, Primorye), China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), India(Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal), Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Philippines (Negros), Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Loei, Mae Hong Son
  • Additional notes: Roger Kendrick "No way to be certain if this is helicina or retorta without dissecting. Discussed this issue with Martin Honey at the BMNH a few years back". 
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Image locations
Images of Spirama helicina/retorta from Thailand.
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Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1824) Chaiyaphum November
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Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1824) Chaiyaphum November
Spirama retorta.jpg
Spirama retorta (Clerck, 1764) Chaiyaphum February
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Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1824) Pai, Mae Hong Son, June 2016
Spirama helicina from Chiang Mai.jpg
Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1824) Chiang Mai, July 2016
Spirama helicina from Loei.jpg
Spirama helicina (Hübner, 1824) Loei, July 2016
Spirama retorta.jpg
Spirama retorta (Clerck, 1764) Chaiyaphum November
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