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Prometheus (moth)

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Prometheus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Prometheus
Hübner, 1824

Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1824

Taxonomy

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Prometheus contains the following species:[1] [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus Prometheus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ de Souza Moraes, 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. doi:10.1111/zoj.12102.