''Seydelia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s 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 ...
from 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 ...
. The genus was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1952.
Species
* ''
Seydelia ellioti''
(Butler, 1896)
* ''
Seydelia geometrica''
(Oberthür, 1883)
* ''
Seydelia turlini''
Toulgoët, 1976
** ''Seydelia turlini celsicola''
Toulgoët, 1976
Former species
* ''
Seydelia kostlani''
(Gaede, 1923)
* ''
Seydelia melaena''
(Hampson, 1901)
* ''
Seydelia melaenoides''
(Rothschild, 1935)
References
*
Spilosomina
Moth genera
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