Imbrasia
| Imbrasia | |
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| Imbrasia obscura – dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Tribe: | Bunaeini |
| Genus: | Hübner, 1819 |
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Imbrasia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1] Species of this genus are present in the tropical Africa.[2]
List of selected species
- Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1822) – Cameroon
- Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904 – Zambia
- Imbrasia longicaudata (Holland, 1894)
- Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) – Cameroon
- Imbrasia truncata Aurivillius, 1908 – Cameroon
- Imbrasia vesperina Stoneham, 1962
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Imbrasia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Imbrasia Hübner, 1819". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- "Imbrasia". National Center for Biotechnology Information.