Chalcosiinae

Chalcosiinae
Eterusia repleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Apoditrysia
Superfamily:	Zygaenoidea
Family:	Zygaenidae
Subfamily:	Chalcosiinae
Genera
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Cyclosia papilionaris, female

Chalcosiinae is a subfamily of the Zygaenidae, containing many species, mostly little known. Prominent sexual dimorphism, bright aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes are widespread.

Systematics

The subfamily consists of about 380 species in 70 genera. It contains the following genera^[1][2]

Agalope Aglaope Allocyclosia Amesia Anarbudas Aphantocephala Arbudas Atelesia Barbaroscia Boradia Boradiopsis Cadphises Campylotes Caprima Chalcophaedra Chalcosia Chalcosiopsis Clematoessa Corma Cryptophysophilus Cyanidia Cyclosia Doclea Docleomorpha Docleopsis Elcysma Erasmia Erasmiphlebohecta Eterusia Eucorma Eucormopsis Eumorphiopais Eusphalera Euxanthopyge

Gynatoceras Gynautocera Hadrionella Hampsonia Hemiscia Herpa Herpidia Herpolasia Heteropan Heterusinula Histia Isocrambia Milleriana Mimascaptesyle Neochalcosia Opisoplatia Panherpina Philopator Phlebohecta Pidorus Pompelon Prosopandrophila Psaphis Pseudonyctemera Pseudoscaptesyle Retina Rhodopsona Sciodoclea Soritia Thaumastophleps Trypanophora

References

1. Wikispecies: Chalcosiinae. Version of 14:15, 7 November 2006. Wikispecies is not overly reliable for Lepidoptera and should be replaced by a scientific source.
2. Subfamily Chalcosiinae synonymic list at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum