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Imbrasia

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Imbrasia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species of this genus are present in the tropical Africa.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySaturniidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
With media
5
Family
Saturniidae
Collections
YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, NHMUK, FMNH, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
Recorded in
Rwanda, Ethiopia, Congo, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Saturniidae
Image
Saturniidae - Imbrasia obscura.JPG
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taxon name
Imbrasia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Imbrasia
Commons category
Imbrasia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • List of selected species
  • References

Imbrasia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species of this genus are present in the tropical Africa.

== List of selected species == Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1822) – Cameroon Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904 – Zambia Imbrasia longicaudata (Holland, 1894) Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) – Cameroon Imbrasia truncata Aurivillius, 1908 – Cameroon Imbrasia vesperina Stoneham, 1962

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