| Epicopeia hainesii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epicopeiidae |
| Genus: | Epicopeia |
| Species: | E. hainesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Epicopeia hainesii Holland, 1889 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epicopeia hainesii is a moth of the family Epicopeiidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1889. It is found in the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan. [1] [2]
The wingspan is 55–60 mm.
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. From the late 13th to early 17th centuries, Chinese people gradually came into contact with Taiwan and started settling there. Named Formosa by Portuguese explorers, the south of the island was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century whilst the Spanish built a settlement in the north which lasted until 1642. These European settlements were followed by an influx of Hoklo people including Hakka immigrants from the Fujian and Guangdong areas of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait.
Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are known as oriental swallowtail moths as they closely resemble some oriental swallowtail butterflies. Epicopeiidae have highly varied structure in regards to body size and wing shape. Epicopeiidaen wing patterns are involved in complicated mimicry rings.
Oncocera semirubella is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in European regions, including the British Isles, and East Asia.
Antivaleria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Shigero Sugi in 1958.
Chorsia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Cidariplura is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.
Hepatica is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1892.
Lophonycta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1970.
Mecodina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Paracolax is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Epicopeia polydora is a moth of the family Epicopeiidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1841. It is found in south-east Asia, including Assam in India, Vietnam and Thailand.
Clethrophora distincta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
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.
Epicopeia mencia is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in China, Vietnam, Korea, the Russian Far East, Japan and Taiwan.
Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
Epicopeia caroli is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Janet in 1909. It is found in China.
Epicopeia leucomelaena is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1919. It is found in China.
Epicopeia philenora is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1841. It is found in India.
Epicopiopsis is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae described by Karl Grünberg in 1908. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index has this genus as a synonym of Epicopeia.
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