Nikaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Arctiidae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Callimorphina |
Genus: | Nikaea Moore, 1879 |
Species: | N. longipennis |
Binomial name | |
Nikaea longipennis F. Walker, 1855 |
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Nikaea is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It consists of two species, Nikaea longipennis (F. Walker, 1855), which can be found in Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian), and Nikaea matsumurai Kishida, 1983 from Taiwan and Ryukyu in Japan.