Heraclia
Superb false tiger moth (Heraclia superba), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Heraclia superba in flight
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Heraclia
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms
  • Xanthospilopteryx Wallengren, 1858
False tiger moth (Heraclia aemulatrix) mating, Ghana

Heraclia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[1][2][3]

Species

  • Heraclia abacata (Karsch, 1892)
  • Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
  • Heraclia africana (Butler, 1875)
  • Heraclia aisha (Kirby, 1891)
  • Heraclia annulata (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Heraclia atrifusa (Hampson, 1912)
  • Heraclia atriventralis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heraclia aurantiaca Kiriakoff, 1975
  • Heraclia aurea (Wichgraf, 1918)
  • Heraclia bucholzi (Plötz, 1880)
  • Heraclia butleri (Walker, 1869)
  • Heraclia catori (Jordan, 1904)
  • Heraclia contigua (Walker, 1854)
  • Heraclia deficiens (Mabille, 1891)
  • Heraclia durbania (Stoneham, 1963)
  • Heraclia elongata (Bartel, 1903)
  • Heraclia flavipennis (Bartel, 1903)
  • Heraclia flavisignata (Hampson, 1912)
  • Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Heraclia gruenbergi (Wichgraf, 1911)
  • Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)
  • Heraclia houyjensis (Wichgraf, 1918)
  • Heraclia hypercompoides (Butler, 1895)
  • Heraclia jacksoni Kiriakoff, 1975
  • Heraclia jugans (Jordan, 1913)
  • Heraclia karschii (Holland, 1897)
  • Heraclia kivuensis Kiriakoff, 1973
  • Heraclia limbomaculata (Strand, 1909)
  • Heraclia lomata (Karsch, 1892)
  • Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
  • Heraclia medeba (Druce, 1880)
  • Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Heraclia mozambica (Mabille, 1890)
  • Heraclia nandi Kiriakoff, 1974
  • Heraclia nigridorsa (Mabille, 1890)
  • Heraclia nobela Kiriakoff, 1974
  • Heraclia pallida (Walker, 1854)
  • Heraclia pampata Kiriakoff, 1974
  • Heraclia pardalina (Walker, 1869)
  • Heraclia perdix (Druce, 1887)
  • Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875) – superb false tiger moth
  • Heraclia terminatis (Walker, 1856)
  • Heraclia thruppi (Butler, [1886])
  • Heraclia viettei Kiriakoff, 1973
  • Heraclia xanthopyga (Mabille, 1890)
  • Heraclia zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)

References

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  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heraclia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (September 22, 2019). "Heraclia Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Heraclia Hübner, 1820". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 22, 2020.


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