Cyclosia is a genus of zygaenid moth that has a mimicry complex with the milkweed butterfly.[2]
Cyclosia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Subfamily: | Chalcosiinae |
Genus: | Cyclosia Hübner, 1820[1] |
Synonyms | |
Klaboana Moore, 1879 |
Selected species
edit- Cyclosia distanti (Druce, 1891)
- Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
- Cyclosia panthona (Stoll, [1780])
- Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773)
- Cyclosia pieridoides Walker, 1862
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Cyclosia.
- ^ Cyclosia, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "CYCLOSIA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-15.