Amerila eugenia

Amerila eugenia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in China (eastern Tibet), Pakistan (Karachi), central and southern India and Sri-Lanka.[1]

Amerila eugenia
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A. eugenia
Binomial name
Amerila eugenia
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Noctua eugenia Fabricius, 1794
  • Rhodogastria eugenia
  • Rhodogastra fraterna Moore, 1884
  • Rhodogastria eugenia moorei Rothschild, 1914

Subspecies

  • Amerila eugenia eugenia (China: Tibet, Pakistan: Karachi, central and southern India)
  • Amerila eugenia moorei (Rothschild, 1914)

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1-106, Marktleuthen.
  • Fabricius, I. C., 1794: Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus III (II): 349 pp., Hafniae.
  • Moore, F., 1884: Descriptions of new species of Indian Lepidoptera-Heterocera. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884: 355-376, London.


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