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Bucaea

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Bucaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Bucaea
Walker, 1866
Type species
Savara simplex
Walker, [1865] 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Savara Walker, [1865] 1864
  • Tamilarctia Dubatolov et Kishida , 2005

Bucaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in Hindustan.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bucaea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2007: The systematic position of the genera Bucaea Walker, 1866 and Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. Atalanta 38 (1/2): 213-216, colour pl. 10 (p. 316). Full article: [1]
  • Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: New genera of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from South and East Asia. Tinea 18 (4): 307-314.
  • Walker, F., 1864 [1865]: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London 31 suppl.: 321 p.
  • Walker, 1865 [1866], List Spec. lepid. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1983
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