Mangina (moth)

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Mangina
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Mangina argus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nyctemerina
Genus: Mangina
Kaleka et Kirti, 2001

Mangina is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.

Species

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