Paraona

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Paraona
Paraona staudingeri formosana.jpg
Paraona staudingeri formosana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Lithosiina
Genus: Paraona
Moore, 1878

Paraona is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Moore in 1878. It is treated as a synonym of Macrobrochis by some sources.

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