''Delphyre'' 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
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Delphyre cumulosa''
Dyar, 1914
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Delphyre elachia''
Dyar, 1914
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Delphyre hebes''
Walker, 1854
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Delphyre tetilla''
(Dognin, 1898)
Former species
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Delphyre testacea''
(Druce, 1884)
References
External links
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Euchromiina
Moth genera
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