''Seydelia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family Erebidae from the

Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islan ...

. The genus was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1952.

Species

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Seydelia ellioti ''Seydelia ellioti'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1896. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of ...

'' (Butler, 1896) * ''

Seydelia geometrica ''Seydelia geometrica'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1883. It is found in Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a cou ...

'' (Oberthür, 1883) * ''

Seydelia turlini ''Seydelia turlini'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1976. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Subspecies *''Seydelia turlini turlini'' (Rwanda) *''Seydelia turlini celsico ...

'' Toulgoët, 1976 ** ''Seydelia turlini celsicola'' Toulgoët, 1976

Former species

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Seydelia kostlani ''Afrojavanica kostlani'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1923. It is found in Ethiopia and Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Ri ...

'' (Gaede, 1923) * ''

Seydelia melaena ''Afrojavanica melaena'' is a moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 macromot ...

'' (Hampson, 1901) * ''

Seydelia melaenoides ''Afrojavanica melaenoides'' is a moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 ma ...

'' (Rothschild, 1935)

References

* Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub