''Atacira'' 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
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 of the family
Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea
Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its ...
. The genus was described by
Charles Swinhoe
Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838 in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...
in 1900.
Species
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Atacira affinis''
(Hampson, 1918) Taiwan
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Atacira angulata''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Atacira approximata''
(Walker, 863 Sundaland
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Atacira barlowi''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
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Atacira brunneata''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Atacira caesia''
(Roepke, 1938) N.Sulawesi
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Atacira chalybsa
''Atacira'' is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae. The genus was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1900.
Species
*''Atacira affinis'' (Hampson, 1918) Taiwan
*''Atacira angulata'' Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
*''Atacir ...
''
(Hampson, 1891) Oriental tropics to Sundaland
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Atacira chalybsoides''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira diehli''
(Kobes, 1982) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
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Atacira dimidiata''
(Walker, 863 Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi
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Atacira flaviluna''
(Hampson, 1905) Singapore, Borneo
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Atacira glauca''
(Prout, 1928) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
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Atacira grabczewskii''
(Püngeler, 1904) Japan
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Atacira josephinae''
(Holloway, 1976) Borneo
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Atacira melanephra''
(Hampson, 1912) India, Sri Lanka
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Atacira mima''
(Prout, 1925) Arabia, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Africa
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Atacira olivacea''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, Sumatra
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Atacira olivaceiplaga''
(Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
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Atacira pala''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira rubrirena''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, western Sumatra, western Sulawesi, New Guinea
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Atacira smarti''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira sommereri''
(Kobes, 1982) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
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Atacira waterstradti''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira winseri''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, Sumatra
References
Euteliinae
Noctuoidea genera
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