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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. eugenia
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| Binomial name | |
| Amerila eugenia (Fabricius, 1794)
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Subspecies edit
- Amerila eugenia eugenia (China: Tibet, Pakistan: Karachi, central and southern India)
- Amerila eugenia moorei (Rothschild, 1914)
References edit
- ^ Dubatolov, V.V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
- 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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