Afrojavanica is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths have a curious, disruptive distribution in northeast Africa (Ethiopia) and Sundaland (Java).
Afrojavanica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Afrojavanica Dubatolov, 2006 |
Type species | |
Pericallia geometrica kostlani Gaede, 1923
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Species
edit- Afrojavanica kostlani (Gaede, 1923)
- Afrojavanica melaena (Hampson, 1901)
- Afrojavanica melaenoides (Rothschild, 1935)