Eilema elegans

Eilema elegans is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Eilema elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Eilema
Species:
E. elegans
Binomial name
Eilema elegans
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Dyphlebia elegans Butler, 1877
  • Eilema elegans var. mashonensis Strand, 1922

Subspecies
  • Eilema elegans elegans
  • Eilema elegans restricta Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)

References
  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Enargeiosia elegans (Butler, 1877)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.


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