Euchromia
Encyclopedia
Euchromia is a genus
of moth
s in the Arctiidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
family.
Species
- Euchromia aemulina Butler, 1877
- Euchromia amboinica Hampson, 1898
- Euchromia amoena (Möschler, 1872)
- Euchromia auranticincta Hampson, 1898
- Euchromia bourica (Boisduval, 1832)
- Euchromia cincta (Montrouzier, 1864)
- Euchromia creusa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euchromia cyanitis Meyrick, 1889
- Euchromia dubia (Röber, 1887)
- Euchromia formosa (Guérin-Méneville, [1829])
- Euchromia gemmata Butler, 1887
- Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Euchromia horsfieldiEuchromia horsfieldiEuchromia horsfieldi is a species of moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found on Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Christmas Island....
(Moore, 1859) - Euchromia irius (Boisduval, 1832)
- Euchromia isis (Boisduval, 1832)
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Euchromia lurlina Butler, 1888
- Euchromia madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Euchromia magna (Swinhoe, 1891)
- Euchromia mathewi Butler, 1888
- Euchromia oenone Butler, 1876
- Euchromia paula (Röber, 1887)
- Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euchromia rubricollis (Walker, [1865])
- Euchromia walkeri Hampson, 1898