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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
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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.