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Sychesia dryas

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Sychesia dryas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Sychesia
Species:
S. dryas
Binomial name
Sychesia dryas
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena dryas Cramer, [1775]
  • Halesidota basipennis Walker, 1856
  • Sychesia fimbria Möschler, 1878
  • Elysius dryas var. erythrinovertex Strand, 1919
  • Sychesia tupus Jordan, 1916

Sychesia dryas is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found on the West Indies, Guatemala, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela and Trinidad.[1][2]

Subspecies

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  • Sychesia dryas dryas
  • Sychesia dryas tupus Jordan, 1916

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Sychesia dryas (Cramer, [1775])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Sychesia dryas dryas (Cramer, 1775)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 13, 2019.