Juxtarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus is contains only two species, with Juxtarctia multiguttata being described by Francis Walker in 1855, which is endemic for the Himalayas, and Juxtarctia lizae from Laos.
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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 |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Juxtarctia bispinuatus Kirti & Kaleka, 2002
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Species
edit- Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855) (see junior synonym Juxtarctia bispinuatus Kirti & Kaleka, 2002)
- Juxtarctia lizae Černý, 2014
References
edit- Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1–106, Marktleuthen.
- Kirti, J.S. & Kaleka, A.S., 2002: A new genus and two new species of Arctiinae, Arctiidae: Lepidoptera, from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 99 (1): 79–85, Mumbai.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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