Amauta papilionaris

Amauta papilionaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Amauta
Species:
A. papilionaris
Binomial name
Amauta papilionaris
(Walker, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
  • Castnia papilionaris Walker, [1865]
  • Castnia amethystina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia velutina Houlbert, 1917
  • Castnia strandi Röber, 1927 (preocc.)
  • Castnia strandiata Röber, 1927

Amauta papilionaris is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama.

The wingspan is about 103–135 mm.[2][3]

Subspecies

  • Amauta papilionaris papilionaris (Colombia)
  • Amauta papilionaris amethystina (Houlbert, 1917) (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama)
  • Amauta papilionaris lionela Lamas, 1995 (Peru, Bolivia)
  • Amauta papilionaris velutina (Houlbert, 1917) (Ecuador)

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Amauta papilionaris.
  1. ^ Amauta at funet
  2. ^ Butterflies & Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
  3. ^ Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. III: Genera represented by only one known species. Diagnosis and comments Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine


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