''Epicopeia'' 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 family
Epicopeiidae
Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...
. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus ''
Papilio
''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly.
It includes the common yellow swallowtail ('' Papilio machaon'') ...
'' and ''
Atrophaneura alcinous''.
Species
*''
Epicopeia battaka''
Dohrn, 1895
*''
Epicopeia caroli''
Janet, 1909
*''
Epicopeia hainesii''
Holland, 1889
*''
Epicopeia leucomelaena''
Oberthür, 1919
*''
Epicopeia mencia''
Moore
Moore may refer to:
Language
* Mooré language, spoken in West Africa
People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior ...
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*'' Epicopeia philenora'' Westwood, 1841
*'' Epicopeia polydora'' Westwood, 1841
Former species
*''
Epicopeia albofasciata''
Djakonov, 1926
*''
Epicopeia longicauda''
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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