Hypopyra capensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1][2] This moth species is commonly found in Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zaire, Eswatini to Zambia.
Hypopyra capensis | |
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male in Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Hypopyra |
Species: | H. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
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References
editWikispecies has information related to Hypopyra capensis.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schaffer 1854". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- Media related to Hypopyra capensis at Wikimedia Commons