Hypopyra capensis
male in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypopyra
Species:
H. capensis
Binomial name
Hypopyra capensis
Synonyms
  • Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia endoxantha Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Enmonodia hampsoni Aurivillius, 1925
  • Hypopyra lunifera (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Hypopyra occidentalis (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia occidentalis Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra plumbefusa (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia plumbefusa Hampson, 1913
  • Hypopyra pulverulenta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Enmonodia pulverulenta Hampson, 1913

Hypopyra capensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1][2] This moth species is commonly found in Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zaire, Eswatini to Zambia.

In South Africa
In Madagascar

References

Wikispecies has information related to Hypopyra capensis.
  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schaffer 1854". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.


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