Praezygaena

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Praezygaena
Zygaena cashmirensis m.jpg
cashmirensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Zygaeninae
Genus: Praezygaena
Alberti, 1954

Praezygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. The genus was established as a subgenus of Epizygaena .

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