Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India.[1][2]
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| Arctia mirifica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Arctia |
| Species: | A. mirifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)
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This species, along with the others of the genus Preparctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
- ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.