Epicopeiidae
| Epicopeiidae | |
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| Epicopeiidae in Seitz | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
| Family: | Epicopeiidae Swinhoe, 1892 |
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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).
Genera
- Amana Walker, 1855
- Burmeia Minet, 2002
- Chatamla Moore, 1881
- Deuveia Minet, 2002
- Epicopeia Westwood, 1841
- Nossa Kirby, 1892
- Mimaporia Chia-Hsuan Wei, Shen-Horn Yen, 2017[1]
- Parabraxas Leech, 1897
- Psychostrophia Butler, 1877
- Schistomitra Butler, 1881
Former genera
- Epicopiopsis Grunberg, 1908
References
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- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database
- Tree of Life
- Minet, J. and M. J. Scoble. 1999. The drepanoid/geometroid assemblage. Pages 301-320 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
- Joël Minet (2002). "The Epicopeiidae: phylogeny and a redefinition, with the description of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Drepanoidea)" (PDF). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 38 (4): 463–487. doi:10.1080/00379271.2002.10697355.
- Notes
- ↑ Mimaporia, a new genus of Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of a new species from Vietnam Vol 4254, No 5, pp 537–550, 20 Apr. 2017 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.3<
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