Hypercalymnia

Hypercalymnia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Acontiinae
Genus:	Hypercalymnia ; Hampson, 1909
Synonyms
	SculptifrontiaBerio, 1966;

Last updated May 03, 2025

Hypercalymnia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1909.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Afromoths treats this taxon as a subgenus of Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816.^[4]

Species

Hypercalymnia ampijoroa Viette, 1965 Madagascar
Hypercalymnia gloriosa (Kenrick, 1917) Madagascar
Hypercalymnia hausmanni (Hacker, 2010) Kenya
Hypercalymnia laurenconi Viette, 1965 Madagascar
Hypercalymnia malagasy Viette, 1965 Madagascar
Hypercalymnia metaxantha Hampson, 1910 Zaire, Rwanda, Tanzania
Hypercalymnia splendida (Rothschild, 1924) Madagascar
Hypercalymnia transducta (Viette, 1958) Madagascar
Hypercalymnia versicolorata (Hacker, 2010) Kenya, Ethiopia
Hypercalymnia paphos Viette, 1973 Madagascar
Hypercalymnia viridivariegata Berio, 1939 Ethiopia

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypercalymnia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 28, 2020.
↑ Savela, Markku (September 21, 2019). "Hypercalymnia Hampson, 1909". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Hypercalymnia Hampson, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 13 May 2024.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. "Acontia Hampson, 1910". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypercalymnia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 28, 2020.

[2] Savela, Markku (September 21, 2019). "Hypercalymnia Hampson, 1909". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

[3] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Hypercalymnia Hampson, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[4] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. "Acontia Hampson, 1910". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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