''Cyclidia'' 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 ...

moths Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...

belonging to the

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Cyclidiinae Cyclidiinae is a small subfamily of the Drepanidae moths. They occur in Southeast Asia. Their caterpillars feed on '' Alangium'' (Alangiaceae). In some treatments, they are raised to full family status. Genera *''Cyclidia ''Cyclidia'' is a ge ...

. The genus was erected by

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in 1857. Cyclidia is one of two genera in the subfamily of

, the other being '' Mimozethes''. The two genera differ in their genitalia, the male genitalia of the cyclidia is more developed and the female genitalia contains

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, where '' Mimozethes does not.'' Cyclidia reside in Southeast Asia, specifically in

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, Indonedia,

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, Mayanma,

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, and

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Species

* '' Cyclidia dictyaria'' Swinhoe, 1899 * '' Cyclidia diehli'' Lutz & Kobes, 2002 * '' Cyclidia fabiolaria'' Oberthür, 1884 * '' Cyclidia fractifasciata'' Leech, 1898 * '' Cyclidia javana'' Aurivillius, 1894 * '' Cyclidia orciferaria'' Walker, 1860 * '' Cyclidia pitmani'' Moore, 1886 * '' Cyclidia rectificata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Cyclidia sericea'' Warren, 1922 * '' Cyclidia substigmaria'' Hübner, 1825

Status unknown

* ''Cyclidia fuscifusa'' Seitz, 1934

Former species

* '' Cyclidia tetraspota'' Chu & Wang, 1987

References

* , 1987: A contribution to the taxonomy and zoogeography of the Cyclidiidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 30 (2): 203–211. Cyclidiinae Drepanidae genera {{Drepanidae-stub