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

Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
Family
Zygaenidae
Collections
YPM, FMNH, NHMUK, MZLU
Recorded in
Indonesia, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Zygaenidae
Image
Cyclosia papilionaris by Kadavoor.JPG
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topic's main category
Category:Cyclosia
taxon name
Cyclosia
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Cyclosia
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Cyclosia is a genus of zygaenid moth that has a mimicry complex with the milkweed butterfly.

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

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