Aethalida

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Aethalida
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Aethalida dora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Aethalida
Walker, [1865]
Type species
Aethalida distinguenda
Walker, [1865] 1864
Synonyms
  • MeringoceraFelder, 1874

Aethalida is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae that occur in the Sundaland and Philippines.

Species

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