Paralpenus is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from the Afrotropics. The genus was described by Watson in 1988.[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 |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Paralpenus Watson, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Hyphoraia atripes Hampson, 1909
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Species
edit- Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
- Paralpenus flavicosta punctiger (Hering, 1928)
- Paralpenus flavizonatus (Hampson, 1911)
- Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010
- Paralpenus strigulosa (Hampson, 1901)
- Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
- Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
- Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Paralpenus.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Paralpenus Watson, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- Watson, A. (1989) "A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 19: 251–291.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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