Epicopeia battaka

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Epicopeia battaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Epicopeia
Species:
E. battaka
Binomial name
Epicopeia battaka
Dohrn, 1895

Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895.[1] It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Subspecies[edit]

  • Epicopeia battaka battaka (northern Sumatra)
  • Epicopeia battaka dempona Kishida & Endo, 1999 (southern Sumatra)
  • Epicopeia battaka malayana Kishida & Endo, 1999 (Peninsular Malaysia)

References[edit]

  • Dohrn, H. (1895). "Eine neue Epicopeia aus den Battakbergen Sumatras". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 56: 207 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epicopeia battaka​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Kishida, Y. & Endo, T. (1999). "Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50(1): 48-50.