| Phaeoxantha nocturna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Phaeoxantha |
| Species: | P. nocturna |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaeoxantha nocturna (Dejean, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phaeoxantha nocturna is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Dejean in 1831. [1]
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