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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Striphnopteryx Wallengren, 1858 |
| Species: | S. edulis |
| Binomial name | |
| Striphnopteryx edulis (Boisduval, 1847) | |
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Striphnopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1858. Its only species, Striphnopteryx edulis, was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. [1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. [2] It's common name is the edible monkey. [3]
