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Arctia mirifica

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Species of moth

Arctia mirifica
Photograph of the moth with brown patterns on a background of yellow on the top wing and orange on the bottom wing
Arctia mirifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species: A. mirifica
Binomial name
Arctia mirifica
(Oberthür, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)
  • Chelonia mirifica Oberthür, 1892
  • Preparctia romanovi mirifica

Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India.

This species, along with the others of the genus Preparctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  3. Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
Taxon identifiers
Preparctia mirifica


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