Calpenia Takamukui
''Calpenia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1872. Species *'' Calpenia monilifera'' Oberthür, 1903 *'' Calpenia saundersi'' Moore, 1872 Taxonomy ''Calpenia khasiana'', ''Calpenia takamukui'' and ''Calpenia zerenaria'' have been reclassified to the genus ''Kishidaria ''Kishidaria'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known ma ...''. References External links * Callimorphina {{Callimorphina-stub ...
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Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street, but that may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836. Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company Museum London from 31 May 1848 on a "disestablished basis" and became a temporary writer and then an assistant curator at the East India Museum with a pension of £330 per annum from 31 December 1879. He had a daughter Rosa Martha Moore. He began compiling ''Lepidoptera indica'' (1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South Asia in 10 volumes, which was completed after his death by Charles Swinhoe. Many of the plates were produced by his son while some others were produced by E C Knight and John ...
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