Epilacydes simulans

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Epilacydes simulans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Epilacydes
Species:
E. simulans
Binomial name
Epilacydes simulans
Butler, 1875
Synonyms
  • Amsacta unistrigaGrünberg, 1910
  • Estigmene simulans var. rachisStrand, 1915
  • Estigmene simulans ab. furculaStrand, 1919

Epilacydes simulans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea and Namibia. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Epilacydes simulans Butler, 1875". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.