Juxtarctia

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Juxtarctia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Juxtarctia
Kirti & Kaleka, 2002
Type species
Juxtarctia bispinuatus
Kirti & Kaleka, 2002

Juxtarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus is contains only two species, with Juxtarctia multiguttata being described by Francis Walker in 1855, which is endemic for the Himalayas, and Juxtarctia lizae from Laos.

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