Amaxia pardalis

Amaxia pardalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855 and is the type species of the genus Amaxia.[2] It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Amaxia pardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amaxia
Species:
A. pardalis
Binomial name
Amaxia pardalis
Walker, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Amaxia osmophora Hampson, 1901
  • Amaxia dyuna Druce, 1897
  • Amaxia parva Rothschild, 1909

Subspecies
  • Amaxia pardalis pardalis
  • Amaxia pardalis osmophora Hampson, 1901 (Costa Rica)
  • Amaxia pardalis parva Rothschild, 1909 (Surinam, Brazil)

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Amaxia pardalis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. "Amaxia". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.



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