''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)
References
External links
*
Spilosomina
Moth genera
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