Nikaea (moth)

Nikaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Callimorphina
Genus:	Nikaea Moore, 1879
Species:	N. longipennis
Binomial name
Nikaea longipennis F. Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Hypercompa longipennis

Nikaea is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It consists of two species, Nikaea longipennis (F. Walker, 1855), which can be found in Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian), and Nikaea matsumurai Kishida, 1983 from Taiwan and Ryukyu in Japan.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
• Nikaea at funet

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