Calpenia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1872.[1]
Calpenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Callimorphina |
Genus: | Calpenia Moore, 1872 |
Species
edit- Calpenia monilifera Oberthür, 1903
- Calpenia saundersi Moore, 1872
Taxonomy
editCalpenia khasiana, Calpenia takamukui and Calpenia zerenaria have been reclassified to the genus Kishidaria.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Calpenia Moore, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Calpenia.
Wikispecies has information related to Calpenia.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.