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Lapaeumides zerynthia

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Lapaeumides zerynthia
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L. zerynthia
Binomial name
Lapaeumides zerynthia
(Gray, 1838)[1]
Synonyms
  • Castnia zerynthia Gray, 1838
  • Castnia langsdorfii Ménétriés, 1857 (preocc. Ménétriés, 1829)
  • Castnia amazona Buchecker, [1880]

Lapaeumides zerynthia is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Brazil, in the Neotropical realm.[2][3] This species is likely found in lowland tropical forests, but future research is needed to confirm this.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lapaeumides at funet
  2. ^ Lamas, G. (1995). A critical review of JY Miller’s checklist of the Neotropical Castniidae (Lepidoptera). Revista peruana de Entomología, 37, 73-87.
  3. ^ de Moraes, S. S., & Duarte, M. (2014). Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 170(2), 362-399.
  4. ^ González, J. M., Boone, J. H., Brilmyer, G. M., & Le, D. (2010). The giant butterfly-moths of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, with notes on the Herman Strecker collection (Lepidoptera: Castniidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38(152), 385-409.