Elcysma
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Subfamily: | Chalcosiinae |
Genus: | Elcysma Butler, 1881 |
Elcysma is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.
Selected species
[edit]- Elcysma delavayi Oberthür, 1891
- Elcysma dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)
- Elcysma westwoodi (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863) – white-tailed zygaenid
- Elcysma ziroensis (Chada, Gogoi & Young, 2017) Apatani glory
References
[edit]- Koshioa, C., Murajia, M., Tatsutab, H. & Kudoa, S.-I. (2007). "Sexual selection in a moth: effect of symmetry on male mating success in the wild". Behavioral Ecology. 18 (3): 571-578. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm017