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Calpenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Calpenia
Moore, 1872
Species:
C. saundersi
Binomial name
Calpenia saundersi
Moore, 1872

Calpenia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It contains only one species, Calpenia saundersi, which is found in China (Yunnan) and India.[1]

Taxonomy

Calpenia khasiana, Calpenia takamukui, and Calpenia zerenaria have been reclassified to the genus Kishidaria.

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