''Alphaea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
tiger moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...
s in the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1855. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.
Description
Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.
Species
Subgenus ''Alphaea sensu stricto''
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Alphaea anopunctata
''Alphaea anopunctata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1896. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most popul ...
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(Oberthür, 1896)
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Alphaea dellabrunai
''Alphaea dellabrunai'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Saldaitis and Ivinskis in 2008. It is found in Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's ...
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Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
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Alphaea fulvohirta
''Alphaea fulvohirta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in China (Sichuan, Tibet, Shaanxi), Nepal, Bhutan and India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country i ...
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Walker, 1855
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Alphaea hongfena
''Alphaea hongfena'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Cheng-Lai Fang in 1983. It is found in Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of ...
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Fang, 1983
Subgenus ''Flavalphaea'' Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
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Alphaea impleta
''Alphaea impleta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in China (Tibet), Nepal and India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seve ...
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(Walker, 865
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Alphaea khasiana
''Alphaea khasiana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in China (Yunnan) and India (Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brah ...
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(Rothschild, 1910)
Subgenus ''Nayaca'' Moore, 1879
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Alphaea chiyo
''Alphaea chiyo'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Yasunori Kishida in 2005. It is found in Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the so ...
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Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
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Alphaea florescens
''Alphaea florescens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in eastern India (Sikkim, Assam) and Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepa ...
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(Moore, 1879)
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Alphaea imbuta''
(Walker, 1855)
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Alphaea rothschildi
''Alphaea rothschildi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Yasunori Kishida in 2005. It is found in the Indian states of Assam and Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It ...
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Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005
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Alphaea turatii''
(Oberthür, 1911)
References
* , 2005: Review of the genus ''Alphaea'' Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Tinea'' 18 (4): 241-252, Tokyo.
* , 1983: A new species of ''Alphaea'' from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 26 (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese).
* , 2008: ''Alphaea dellabrunai'' sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. ''Acta Zoologica Lituanica'' 18 (3): 166-168, Vilnius.
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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