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Epicopeia
Sign in to saveEpicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyEpicopeiidae
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- Epicopeiidae
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- Epicopeia hainesii, -Sapporo, Hokkaido, -28 Jun. 2012 a.jpg
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- Epicopeia polydora
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- diurnality
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Epicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous.
==Species== Epicopeia battaka Dohrn, 1895 Epicopeia caroli Janet, 1909 Epicopeia hainesii Holland, 1889 Epicopeia leucomelaena Oberthür, 1919 Epicopeia mencia Moore, [1875] Epicopeia philenora Westwood, 1841 Epicopeia polydora Westwood, 1841
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