Amphipyra alpherakii

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Amphipyra alpherakii
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George Hampson's illustration of a male A. alpherakii collected from West Turkestan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Amphipyra
Species:
A. alpherakii
Binomial name
Amphipyra alpherakii
(Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms

Amphipyra alpherakii is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in China.

Illustration of Amphipyra alpherakii from William Warren Amphipyra alpherakii Warren 1914.png
Illustration of Amphipyra alpherakii from William Warren

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