Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are known as oriental swallowtail moths as they closely resemble some oriental swallowtail butterflies (e.g. red-bodied swallowtails). Epicopeiidae have highly varied structure in regards to body size and wing shape. Epicopeiidaen wing patterns are involved in complicated mimicry rings.

Epicopeiidae
Epicopeiidae in Seitz
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Epicopeiidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Synonyms
  • Schistomitrinae Inoue, 1982

Genera

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Former genera

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References

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  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database
  • Tree of Life
  • Minet, J. and M. J. Scoble. 1999. The drepanoid/geometroid assemblage. Pages 301-320 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
  • Joël Minet (2002). "The Epicopeiidae: phylogeny and a redefinition, with the description of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Drepanoidea)" (PDF). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 38 (4): 463–487. doi:10.1080/00379271.2002.10697355. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
Notes
  1. ^ Wei, Chia-Hsuan; Yen, Shen-Horn (2017). "Mimaporia, a new genus of Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of a new species from Vietnam". Zootaxa. 4254 (5): 537–550. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.3. PMID 28609943.