Syntomoides imaon, the handmaiden moth, is a moth of subfamily Arctiinae, subtribe Ctenuchina. The systematics of the subfamily has been revised. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is well distributed in Sikkim, Khasi hills and throughout India Kerala, Sri Lanka, Nepal ,Myanmar, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.[2][3]
<p>Handmaiden moth￼Scientific classificationKingdom:
</p><p>Animalia
</p><p>Phylum:
</p><p>Arthropoda
</p><p>Class:
</p><p>Insecta
</p><p>Order:
</p><p>Lepidoptera
</p><p>Family:
</p><p>Erebidae
</p><p>Subfamily:
</p><p>Arctiinae
</p><p>Genus:
</p><p>Syntomoides
</p><p>Species:
</p>
S. imaon
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