''Paralacydes'' 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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
from the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
.
Species
* ''
Paralacydes arborifera''
(Butler, 1875)
* ''
Paralacydes destrictus''
Kühne, 2010
* ''
Paralacydes bomfordi''
(Pinhey, 1968)
* ''
Paralacydes vocula''
(Stoll, 1790)
''Paralacydes sensu lato'' species not congeneric to the ''Paralacydes vocula''
* ''
Paralacydes bivittata''
(Bartel, 1903)
* ''
Paralacydes fiorii''
(Berio, 1937)
* ''
Paralacydes jeskei''
(Grünberg, 1911)
* ''
Paralacydes minorata''
(Berio, 1935)
* ''
Paralacydes ramosa''
(Hampson, 1907)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Spilosomina
Moth genera
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