''Epicopeia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Epicopeiidae
Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are known as oriental swallowtail moths as they closely resemble some oriental swallowtail butterflies (e.g. red-bodied swallowtails). Epicopeiidae have highly varied structure ...
. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus ''
Papilio'' and ''
Atrophaneura alcinous''.
Species
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Epicopeia battaka
''Epicopeia battaka'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ ملي ...
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Dohrn, 1895
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Epicopeia caroli
''Epicopeia caroli'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Janet in 1909. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous countr ...
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Janet, 1909
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Epicopeia hainesii
''Epicopeia hainesii'' is a moth of the family Epicopeiidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1889. It is found in the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the d ...
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Holland, 1889
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Epicopeia leucomelaena
''Epicopeia leucomelaena'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1919. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most popul ...
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Oberthür, 1919
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Epicopeia mencia
''Epicopeia mencia'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in China, Vietnam, Korea, the Russian Far East, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults can be distinguished fro ...
''
Moore
Moore may refer to:
People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army
* Moore Powell (died c. 1 ...
, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his c ...
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*''Epicopeia philenora
''Epicopeia philenora'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1841. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest cou ...
'' Westwood, 1841
*''Epicopeia polydora
''Epicopeia polydora'' is a moth of the family Epicopeiidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1841. It is found in south-east Asia, including Assam in India, Vietnam and Thailand.
The wingspan is 85–100 mm. The wings are deep black w ...
'' Westwood, 1841
Former species
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Epicopeia albofasciata
''Epicopeia mencia'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in China, Vietnam, Korea, the Russian Far East, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults can be distinguished fro ...
''
Djakonov, 1926
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Epicopeia longicauda
''Epicopeia mencia'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in China, Vietnam, Korea, the Russian Far East, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults can be distinguished fro ...
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Matsumura, 1931
References
* , 1978: Genus ''Epicopeia'' Westwood from Japan, Korea and Taiwan : Lepidoptera:Epicopeidae. ''Tyô to Ga'' 29 (2): 69-75. Abstract and full article
* , 1999: Two new subspecies of ''Epicopeia battaka'' (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae). ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 50(1): 48-50. Abstract and full article
Epicopeiidae
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