Imbrasia

Imbrasia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1] Species of this genus are present in the tropical Africa.[2]

Imbrasia
Imbrasia obscura – dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Bunaeini
Genus: Imbrasia
Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Lomelia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841

List of selected species

  • Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1822) – Cameroon
  • Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904 – Zambia
  • Imbrasia longicaudata (Holland, 1894)
  • Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) – Cameroon
  • Imbrasia truncata Aurivillius, 1908 – Cameroon
  • Imbrasia vesperina Stoneham, 1962

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Imbrasia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "Imbrasia Hübner, 1819". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  • "Imbrasia". National Center for Biotechnology Information.


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