Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Areas
Subgenus: A. (Melanareas)

Overview of species

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A. aquila – A. galactina – A. imperialis

Name

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Areas Walker, 1855: 658

Type species: Areas orientalis Walker, 1855 by monotypy.

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Butler, A.G., 1889: Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 7: i-iv, 1-124, pl. CXXI-CXXXVIII, London.
  • Dubatolov, V.V. , P.G. Haynes & Y. Kishida, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae): 25 years after H. Inoue's review. Tinea 20 (5): 316–329. Full article: [1].
  • Nakao, K. & Černý, K., 2013: A new species of the genus Areas Walker, 1855 from Laos and Thailand (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, NF 34 (1/2): 87–89.