Biology:Hypopyra capensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Hypopyra capensis
Red-tail (Hypopyra capensis) male Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
male in Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypopyra
Species:
H. capensis
Binomial name
Hypopyra capensis
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Synonyms
  • Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia endoxantha Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Enmonodia hampsoni Aurivillius, 1925
  • Hypopyra lunifera (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Hypopyra occidentalis (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia occidentalis Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra plumbefusa (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia plumbefusa Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra pulverulenta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia pulverulenta Hampson, 1913

Hypopyra capensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1][2] This moth species is commonly found in Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone, South Africa , Zaire, Eswatini to Zambia.

In South Africa
In Madagascar

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schaffer 1854". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86002345. 
  2. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN:978-0-916846-45-9.

Wikidata ☰ Q5960099 entry




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