Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1824
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Prometheus Hübner, 1824 |
Taxonomy
editPrometheus contains the following species:[1] [2]
- Prometheus annae (Bierdemann, 1935)
- Prometheus cochrus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Prometheus cononia (Westwood, 1877) [see Castnia mars Druce, 1883 (?)]
- Prometheus ecuadoria (Westwood, 1877)
- Prometheus heliconioides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
- Prometheus mimica (R. Felder, 1874)
- Prometheus personata (Walker, [1865])
- Prometheus polymorpha (Miller, 2008)
- Prometheus simulans (Boisduval, [1875])
- Prometheus zagraea (R. Felder, 1874)
References
edit- ^ "Genus Prometheus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ de Souza Moraes, S.; Duarte, M. (2014). "Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (2): 362–399. doi:10.1111/zoj.12102.
Data related to Prometheus (moth) at Wikispecies
