''Arachnis'' 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 subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
, subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. The genus was erected by
Carl Geyer
Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera.
Carl Geyer was by profession an artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity r ...
in 1837.
Species
* ''
Arachnis aulaea''
Geyer, 1837
* ''
Arachnis citra''
Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 (syn: ''Arachnis apachea''
Clarke, 1941)
* ''
Arachnis dilecta''
(Boisduval, 1870)
* ''
Arachnis martina''
H. Druce, 1897
* ''
Arachnis midas''
Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
* ''
Arachnis mishma''
H. Druce, 1897
* ''
Arachnis nedyma''
Franclemont, 1966
* ''
Arachnis picta''
Packard, 1864
* ''
Arachnis tristis''
Rothschild, 1935
* ''
Arachnis zuni''
Neumoegen, 1890
References
Spilosomina
Moth genera
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