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Amerila eugenia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in China (eastern Tibet), Pakistan (Karachi), central and southern India and Sri-Lanka.[1]

Amerila eugenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. eugenia
Binomial name
Amerila eugenia (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Noctua eugenia Fabricius, 1794 Rhodogastria eugenia Rhodogastra fraterna Moore, 1884 Rhodogastria eugenia moorei Rothschild, 1914

Subspecies

• Amerila eugenia eugenia (China: Tibet, Pakistan: Karachi, central and southern India)
• Amerila eugenia moorei (Rothschild, 1914)

References

• Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1-106, Marktleuthen.
• Fabricius, I. C., 1794: Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus III (II): 349 pp., Hafniae.
• Moore, F., 1884: Descriptions of new species of Indian Lepidoptera-Heterocera. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884: 355-376, London.

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