Nikaea (Moth)

Nikaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Callimorphina
Genus:	Nikaea Moore, 1879

Nikaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.

The genus consists of two species.

• Nikaea longipennis (Walker, 1855)
  • Found in Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian).
• Nikaea matsumurai Kishida, 1983
  • Found in Taiwan and Ryukyu in Japan .

• Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS. 
• Savela, Markku. "Nikaea Moore, 1879". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/nikaea/. Retrieved February 10, 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13624939 entry

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