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Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Erebinae → tribe Catocalini → subtribe Ophiusina → genus Achaea → species Achaea janata

Species name(s)

Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena janata Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena melicerta Drury, [1773] = Noctua tigrina Fabricius, 1775 = Noctua cyathina Macleay, 1826 = Catocala traversii Fereday, 1877 = Ophiusa ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906 = melicertoides Strand, 1914 = melicertella Strand, 1914 = Achaea melicertoides Gaede, 1938 = Achaea melicertella Gaede, 1938. [9]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:71525

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan, Australian.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Indo-Australian tropics and subtropics: south to New Zealand and as far east as Easter Island [82].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Svetlana Shchavelina.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[82] Moths of Borneo (mothsofborneo.com), 2011

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