Dayflying moths sometimes have different antennae. They do not use these huge feather-like antennae, because they check the mates by sight not in the dakness of the night when they need long-distance calls by pheromones. Your antennae are mosly filamentous or straight ones. They might have little combs for extending the surface.
I am very grateful for the help to Mark. I was eager to identify this moth butterfly. I'm just saying that there is something different in the antennae.
Mark, I looked at the ID you gave me, there are similarities. But Melanchroia is a genus of moths? I photographed this butterfly (thought it was a moth, but is, in my opinion, a butterfly) it does not have these antennae that look like a comb. I'll find pictures of her with outstretched wings amidst my 11 000 photos of insects, I hope I survive this.
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