Caryatis (moth)

Genus of moths

Caryatis

C. phileta, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Subtribe:  | Nyctemerina
Genus:  | Caryatis
Hübner, 1819[1]
Synonyms[2]

* Asotomorpha Hulstaert, 1923
* Euthoracia Hulstaert, 1923

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

## Species

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* Caryatis hersilia Druce, 1887
* Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
* Caryatis stenoperas Hampson, 1910

## Taxonomy

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Caryatis was previously treated as a junior synonym of Amerila.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Afro Moths
2. ^ "Caryatis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caryatis.

Wikispecies has information related to Caryatis (moth).

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Taxon identifiers

Caryatis|

* Wikidata: Q13624129
* Wikispecies: Caryatis
* BioLib: 524091
* BOLD: 187585
* ButMoth: 5154.0
* GBIF: 9154747
* iNaturalist: 550544
* Insecta.pro: 31897
* LepIndex: 46435
* NCBI: 695199
* Open Tree of Life: 921818

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