Nikaea (moth)

Short description: Genus of moths

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.

## Species

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 .

## References

* 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.

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