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Epicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Epicopeia is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Epicopeia mencia, Animalia and insect.

It is catalogued under topics including Epicopeiidae and Taxa named by John O. Westwood.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyEpicopeiidae
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Specimen records
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Family
Epicopeiidae
Collections
FMNH
Recorded in
India, China

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Epicopeia hainesii, -Sapporo, Hokkaido, -28 Jun. 2012 a.jpg
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Epicopeia
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Epicopeia
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Epicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous.

==Species== Epicopeia battaka Dohrn, 1895 Epicopeia caroli Janet, 1909 Epicopeia hainesii Holland, 1889 Epicopeia leucomelaena Oberthür, 1919 Epicopeia mencia Moore, [1875] Epicopeia philenora Westwood, 1841 Epicopeia polydora Westwood, 1841

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