Amaxia pardalis

Amaxia pardalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amaxia
Species:
A. pardalis
Binomial name
Amaxia pardalis
Walker, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Amaxia osmophora Hampson, 1901
  • Amaxia dyuna Druce, 1897
  • Amaxia parva Rothschild, 1909

Amaxia pardalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855 and is the type species of the genus Amaxia.[2] It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Subspecies

  • Amaxia pardalis pardalis
  • Amaxia pardalis osmophora Hampson, 1901 (Costa Rica)
  • Amaxia pardalis parva Rothschild, 1909 (Surinam, Brazil)

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Amaxia pardalis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Amaxia". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.



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