Parachelonia

Taxonavigation

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: Nyctemerina
Genus: Parachelonia
Species: P. murphyi – P. rubriceps

Name

Parachelonia Aurivillius, 1899

Type species: Chelonia rubriceps Mabille, 1879. Note: Viette, 1998 considered it as a good genus from Madagascar.

References

• Dubatolov, V.V. 2016. Parachelonia murphyi, a new species of Afrotropical Nyctemerini (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae) from Malawi (East Africa). Euroasian Entomological Journal 15(4): 304–308. Full article (PDF).Reference page.