Arctia mirifica

Arctia mirifica
	Arctia mirifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Arctia
Species:	A. mirifica
Binomial name
	Arctia mirifica; (Oberthür, 1892)
Synonyms
	Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892); Chelonia mirifica Oberthür, 1892; Preparctia romanovi mirifica;

Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India.^[1]^[2]

This species, along with the others of the genus Preparctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.^[3]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Preparctia mirifica (Oberthür, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.

[2] Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region

[Rönkä2016-3] Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.

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