Arctia cupido

Arctia cupido
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Arctia
Species:	A. cupido
Binomial name
	Arctia cupido; (Kishida, 1995)
Synonyms
	Preparctia cupidoKishida, 1995

Last updated December 28, 2025

Arctia cupido is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Yasunori Kishida in 1995. It is found in Nepal.^[1]^[2]

The species of the genus Preparctia, including this one, were moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.^[3]

References

↑ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia cupido Kishida, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
↑ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi: 10.1111/syen.12194 .

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Preparctia cupido Kishida, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.

[2] Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region

[Rönkä2016-3] Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi: 10.1111/syen.12194 .

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