Cyclosia

Genus of moths

Cyclosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Chalcosiinae
Genus: Cyclosia
Hübner, 1820[1]
Synonyms

Klaboana Moore, 1879

Cyclosia is a genus of zygaenid moth that has a mimicry complex with the milkweed butterfly.[2]

Selected species

  • Cyclosia distanti (Druce, 1891)
  • Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
  • Cyclosia panthona (Stoll, [1780])
  • Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773)
  • Cyclosia pieridoides Walker, 1862

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cyclosia.
  1. ^ Cyclosia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ "CYCLOSIA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
Taxon identifiers
Cyclosia


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