| Dalailama | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Endromidae |
| Genus: | Dalailama Staudinger, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Dalailama bifurca Staudinger, 1896 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Dalailama is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae, [1] previously placed in the subfamily Oberthueriinae of the family Bombycidae. [2]
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Dalailama bifurca is a moth in the Endromidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1896. It was described from Kuku Noor.
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