Epicopeia

Epicopeia
Epicopeia hainesii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epicopeiidae
Genus:	Epicopeia Westwood, 1841 [1]
Synonyms
Epicopiopsis Grunberg, 1908

Epicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous .

Species

• Epicopeia battaka Dohrn, 1895
• Epicopeia caroli Janet, 1909
• Epicopeia hainesii Holland, 1889
• Epicopeia leucomelaena Oberthür, 1919
• Epicopeia mencia Moore, [1875]
• Epicopeia philenora Westwood, 1841
• Epicopeia polydora Westwood, 1841

Former species

• Epicopeia albofasciata Djakonov, 1926
• Epicopeia longicauda Matsumura, 1931

References

1. Epicopeia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

• Inoue, H., 1978: Genus Epicopeia Westwood from Japan, Korea and Taiwan : Lepidoptera:Epicopeidae. Tyô to Ga29 (2): 69-75. Abstract and full article: .
• Kishida, Y. & T. Endo, 1999: Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan50(1): 48-50. Abstract and full article: