Alpenus

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Alpenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Alpenus
Walker, 1855
Type species
Alpenus aequalis
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • EminariaBethune-Baker, 1908

Alpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the Afrotropics.

Species

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