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Alphaea (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subtribe
  
Spilosomina

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Aethalida, Cladarctia, Alphaea fulvohirta

Alphaea is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.

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Description

Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Fore wings are rather long and narrow.

Subgenus Alphaea sensu stricto

  • Alphaea anopunctata (Oberthür, 1896)
  • Alphaea dellabrunai Saldaitis et Ivinskis, 2008
  • Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855
  • Alphaea hongfena Fang, 1983

    • Subgenus Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005

  • Alphaea impleta (Walker, [1865])
  • Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910)

    • Subgenus Nayaca Moore, 1879

  • Alphaea chiyo Dubatolov et Kishida, 2005
  • Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879)
  • Alphaea imbuta (Walker, 1855)
  • Alphaea rothschildi Dubatolov et Kishida, 2005
  • Alphaea turatii (Oberthür, 1911)

    • References

    Alphaea (moth) Wikipedia
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