''Epilacydes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
tiger moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
erected by
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
Biography
Arthur Gardiner B ...
in 1875. The moths are found in the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
.
Species
* ''
Epilacydes bayoni''
(Berio, 1935)
* ''
Epilacydes pseudoscita''
Dubatolov, 2006
* ''
Epilacydes scita''
(Walker, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ...
* ''
Epilacydes simulans''
Butler, 1875
* ''
Epilacydes unilinea''
(Rothschild, 1910)
References
* , 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo'' 27 (3): 139–152.
External links
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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