''Imbrasia'' 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 belonging to the family

Saturniidae Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor m ...

first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1819. Species of this genus are present in the tropical

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

List of selected species

*'' Imbrasia epimethea'' (Drury, 1822) – Cameroon *'' Imbrasia ertli'' Rebel, 1904 – Zambia *'' Imbrasia longicaudata'' (Holland, 1894) *''

Imbrasia obscura ''Imbrasia obscura'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Saturniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Description ''Imbrasia obscura'' has a wingspan reaching about . The basic colour of the wings is brown, with two la ...

'' (Butler, 1878) – Cameroon *'' Imbrasia truncata'' Aurivillius, 1908 – Cameroon *'' Imbrasia vesperina'' Stoneham, 1962

References

"''Imbrasia''"
''National Center for Biotechnology Information''. Saturniinae Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Saturniidae-stub