''Notophyson'' 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 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 ...
erected by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entom ...
in 1870.
Species
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Notophyson brotes
''Notophyson brotes'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South Am ...
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Druce, 1895
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Notophyson buckleyi
''Notophyson buckleyi'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( ...
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Druce, 1895
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Notophyson heliconides
''Notophyson heliconides'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Swainson in 1833. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana and Peru
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Swainson, 1833
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Notophyson praxila
''Notophyson praxila'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in ...
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Druce, 1895
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Notophyson tiresias
''Notophyson tiresias'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. It is found in Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Rip ...
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Cramer, 1776
References
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Arctiinae
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