Phaeochlaena hazara is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1871. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and French Guiana.

Phaeochlaena hazara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Phaeochlaena
Species:
P. hazara
Binomial name
Phaeochlaena hazara
(Butler, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis hazara Butler, 1871
  • Phaeochlaena heliconides Prout, 1918

The species is part of the tiger stripe mimicry complex and mimics Ithomia iphianassa, Stalachtis calliope and Chetone histrio.

References

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  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.