Chionarctia
| Chionarctia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Chionarctia Kôda, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dionychopus nivea Ménétriès, 1859 | |
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Chionarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The moths in the genus are found in East Asia.
Species
- Chionarctia nivea (Ménétriés, 1859)
- Chionarctia pura (Leech, 1899)
References
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- Dubatolov, V.V., 1990: New taxa of tiger moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae) from the Palearctic. 2-nd report. In: Taxonomy of insects and helmints: 89-101, Nauka, Siberian Department: Novosibirsk. (Series “New and little known species of Siberian fauna”, No. 22) (in Russian).
- Kôda, N., 1988: A Generic Classification of the Subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the Male and Female Genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part II. Tyô to Ga 39 (1): 1-79, Tokyo.
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