Eilema elegans is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
Eilema elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Eilema |
Species: | E. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- Eilema elegans elegans
- Eilema elegans restricta Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Enargeiosia elegans (Butler, 1877)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.