Prometheus (genus)

Prometheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Prometheus
Hübner, [1824][1]
Species: P. cochrus
Binomial name
Prometheus cochrus
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Papilio cochrus Fabricius, 1787
  • Prometheus casmilus Hübner, [1824]
  • Castnia maris Dalman, 1824
  • Castnia garbei Foetterle, 1902
  • Castnia f. bipunctata Strand, 1913
  • Castnia f. combinata Strand, 1913
  • Castnia f. depunctata Strand, 1913
  • Castnia f. tripunctata Strand, 1913
  • Castnia houlberti Rothschild, 1919
  • Castnia cochrus intermedia Raymundo, 1930 (preocc. Pfeiffer, 1917)
  • Castnia cochrus osmani Raymundo, 1931

Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae containing only one species, Prometheus cochrus, which is found in Brazil and Paraguay.

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