Argema
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| Argema | |
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| Mounted female Argema mimosae specimen | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Tribe: | Saturniini |
| Genus: | Argema Wallengren, 1858 |
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Argema is a genus of moths from the family Saturniidae, commonly known as moon moths. They are distinguished by long tails on their hindwings. All five species in the genus are endemic to Subsaharan Africa.
Species
[edit source]- Argema besanti (Rebel, 1895)
- Argema fournieri (Darge, 1971)
- Argema kuhnei (Pinhey, 1969)
- Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
- Argema mittrei (Guerin-Meneville, 1846)
References
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