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''Carcinarctia'' 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 tiger moths 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1901 and they are found in 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 ...
.


Species

* '' Carcinarctia kivuensis'' Joicey & Talbot, 1924 * '' Carcinarctia laeliodes'' Hampson, 1916 ** ''Carcinarctia laeliodes fasciata'' Debauche, 1942 * '' Carcinarctia metamelaena'' Hampson, 1901 * '' Carcinarctia rougeoti'' Toulgoët, 1977 * '' Carcinarctia rufa'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)


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* Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub