Epicopeia battaka

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Epicopeia battaka
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Epicopeia
Species:
E. battaka
Binomial name
Epicopeia battaka
Dohrn, 1895

Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895. [1] It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epicopeia battaka". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Kishida, Y. & Endo, T. (1999). "Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50(1): 48-50.