''Psychostrophia'' 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 family

Epicopeiidae Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are known as oriental swallowtail moths as they closely resemble some oriental swallowtail butterflies (e.g. red-bodied swallowtails). Epicopeiidae have highly varied structure ...

. The genus was erected by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner ...

in 1877.

Species

*'' Psychostrophia melanargia'' Butler 1877 *'' Psychostrophia nymphidiaria'' (Oberthür, 1893) *'' Psychostrophia picaria'' Leech, 1897 *'' Psychostrophia endoi'' Inoue, 1992

References

Epicopeiidae Moth genera {{Geometroidea-stub