Biology:Eilema elegans

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Short description: Species of moth

Eilema elegans
Elegant Footman (Eilema elegans) (13952511341).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eilema
Species:
E. elegans
Binomial name
Eilema elegans
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Dyphlebia elegans Butler, 1877
  • Eilema elegans var. mashonensis Strand, 1922

Eilema elegans is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Ethiopia, South Africa , Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Subspecies

  • Eilema elegans elegans
  • Eilema elegans restricta Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Enargeiosia elegans (Butler, 1877)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/EILEELEG. Retrieved November 13, 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13527131 entry