''Eudaemonia'' 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 moths in the family
Saturniidae. They are native to
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...
and have remarkable, extremely elongated "tails" on the hindwings.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Eudaemonia argiphontes''
Maassen, 1877
* ''
Eudaemonia argus''
(Fabricius, 1777)
* ''
Eudaemonia troglophylla''
Hampson, 1919
References
''Eudaemonia''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Bombycoidea genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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