Epicopeia battaka

Short description: Species of moth

Epicopeia battaka

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Epicopeiidae
Genus:  | Epicopeia
Species:  |

E. battaka

Binomial name
Epicopeia battaka

Dohrn, 1895

Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895.[1] It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

## Subspecies

* Epicopeia battaka battaka (northern Sumatra)
* Epicopeia battaka dempona Kishida & Endo, 1999 (southern Sumatra)
* Epicopeia battaka malayana Kishida & Endo, 1999 (Peninsular Malaysia)

## References

* Dohrn, H. (1895). "Eine neue Epicopeia aus den Battakbergen Sumatras" (in de). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 56: 207. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35870#page/214/mode/1up.

1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epicopeia battaka". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=69293.
2. ↑ Kishida, Y. & Endo, T. (1999). "Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50(1): 48-50.

Wikidata ☰ Q13609444 entry

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