Tavia

For the ancient settlement in Galatia, see Tavium.

Tavia
Tavia plicata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Tavia Walker, 1858

Tavia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Tavia albilinea Walker, 1865 Bengal
• Tavia instruens Walker, 1858 Zaire, Kenya, South Africa
• Tavia latebra Hampson, 1926 Mozambique, South Africa
• Tavia nana Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
• Tavia nycterina (Boisduval, 1833) São Tome, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Madagascar
• Tavia nyctombra Hampson, 1926 Sierra Leone
• Tavia plicata Hampson, 1910
• Tavia polycyma Hampson, 1926 Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Zaire

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tavia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 29, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (March 14, 2020). "Tavia Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tavia Walker, 1858". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 29, 2020.
4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Tavia Walker, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved June 29, 2020.